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Friday, July 30th, 2004
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8:27p - Backstory rant
A lot of fantasy stories have immense backstory. This isn't so much the information about the fantasy world itself, but information about the characters' personal histories, abilities, pasts with other characters, beliefs, travels, and so on. It needs to be in the story somehow. How do you get it in there without subjecting the audience to a character monologue that goes on for ten pages?
( I freely admit I'm biased... )
I prefer fantasies that move like Arabian horses, I think, light and swift. Backstory is a big culprit in making them lumber.
current mood:  creative
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