#{ backstory }

[biiguru]

A scene from Havik's past…

[ren-is-real]

You know when

[27nox]

CW: Blood!

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He's the Mafia for a reason. 👁

(It should be “Im part of the Mafia” but whateves, I made mistake and I cant undo it 🥲)

[undead-knick-knack]

Not the dick drawings 😭

[ooctlt]

nona, what are your thoughts on the gang?

[croquicat]

if phantom is the ghost of a dead person

how did he die?

[bootpoot]

how they met + jakes room design

[seraphinitegames]

In N's past relationships, did they or their partner usually initiate the breakup?

Usually their partner, recognising that there was a distance with N all the time, as though N wasn't fully there with them, as much as N was trying.

Thank you so much for the ask! :)

[dingodoodles]

✨🐓MORE ROOSTER BACKSTORY! 🐓✨ Time for some scarf origin story >:3c

[starbase777]

When you have the desire to write four paragraphs of deep lore about your OC's history including a fine combination of angst and character progression but have no energy to do it

[justinepush]

Guess you have to marry her now.... i don't make the rules ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Backstory (kinda.) Somebody asked me if Loid and Yor know each other's identity and the answer is yes!

Ramble: They're around 18-19 here and found Anya at 21 so when she turns 6 it's still faithful to their canon ages (assuming they're both 27)

[pikavani]

Those three sketches (part of the QnA session on Insta) deserve their own post, because they are relevant to her Backstory. And also my personal favorites

1. What does Outono do in her free time if she has nothing else to do?

- I loved that question a lot! Because in her free time she likes to go back home and spend time with the people she's most close to. In this case it's with her caretaker "Masha". Masha is the head-maid in the castle and also the one who rescued Outono from the streets. She helps her with Chores, tells her stories or sings to her.

2. How did she end up as a royal Jester? Was it something she wanted to be?

- unfortunately, no. Outono was left quite traumatized from that event (also the same day she was introduced to the King) During her daily chores as a maid, she and a few other maids were in the kitchen having fun, cracking jokes and chanting folk music. Outono felt good and was singing the loudest! But suddenly the door swung open and the Royal Counselor himself was standing in the kitchen, glaring into the room. The shock was immense and left the girls trembling in fear. "Come with me" he demanded, pointing at Outono. Without a word and no explanation they left the room and she was escorted to a changing room where Outono was dressed in her iconic Jester Outfit.

3. How did Outono get her name?

- on the day she was introduced to the King and Queen, she was urged to perform. So she started singing. First it was a slow Ballade but once she found her confidence, the tune shifted to a more upbeat song. During this, the King listened quietly, seemingly enjoying it, drifting off somewhere, until he raised his hand, telling her to stop. "Your name is Outono" he said. That was it! ;) Outono was too stunned to speak but once she was escorted out of the Courtroom, she couldn't help but smile.

[zelda-the-sacred-realm]

"A terrible Fate"

Finally after a long time I found some time to color this piece, of which I showed you the draft some time ago

It's a really dark piece, but since it's the moment when Time knows he's about to die, it couldn't be otherwise

I wanted to recreate an atmosphere like that of a distant memory, but still quite vivid, where Time actually hated Hylia for the fate he thinks she has reserved for him

And the rain, he really hates the rain...

[27nox]

📸~

(Silly doodle here ⬇)

(Mb for my handwriting lol also I didn't get to censor the first swear so next time I won't be doing it anymore xd)

[writingwithfolklore]

Backstory is Revealed When You Need It, Not Before

                Recently I shared my first 30 pages with my writing mentor, and now I'm sharing her advice with all of you (This is part 2! Find part 1 here). She told me my beginning read very slowly because I was giving backstory before it was relevant in the story, rather than intertwining it with the action.

                What I mean by that is, I was giving a lot of exposition on my world just through my character noting it to herself. I worried that if I didn’t lay down the basics right away, when I did mention it later it would come as a bad shock to readers.

While that might have a logic to it, it's very slow to read just exposition on the world. To get these details through naturally and when they're relevant, while still conveying them in the beginning, we needed to create a conflict for my main character to react to right away.

This way, I could spend the first couple pages revealing the essentials of my world and main character without halting the pacing to a stop.

                Okay, consider these two examples:

Character A avoided the alleyways as they travelled to the store. The city was overrun by gangs who liked to lurk in their dark corners, jumping out at unaware passerby’s for coin or favours.

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The back of Character A’s neck prickled as they passed an alleyway that swallowed all light. They were steps away when they heard a raspy voice, “don’t you know you gotta pay the fee to pass through our turf?”

                How this character resolves this conflict will betray who they are as a person. Do they cower? Do they fight back? Do they reveal they have connections to another gang, or the police?

                This little conflict, as well as establishing a vital part of your world and character, should in some small way connect to the bigger conflict up ahead, aka the inciting incident.

                In this example, this specific gang would probably be where the main antagonist is from—or the consequences of how they deal with this follow them into the inciting incident in some way.

                Backstory only when it’s most relevant, not to anticipate when it will be important later.

                Good luck!