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  • Storycraft Mini-Series with Brandi Badgett: Backstory

    Storycraft Mini-Series with Brandi Badgett: Backstory

    Today’s topic is all about backstory: what is backstory and why it’s important and what three things you need to know about how to use backstory the best way possible. Brandi shares solutions on how to use backstory to write an engaging book while avoiding the dreaded info dump. (Yay!)

  • Storycraft Mini-Series with Brandi Badgett: Theme

    Storycraft Mini-Series with Brandi Badgett: Theme

    Welcome to Season 2 of Creative, Actually with eight episodes dedicated to the art of storycraft with Fictionary Instructor and Editor extraordinaire Brandi Badgett.

    Today’s topic is theme: what it is, why it matters, how to identify the theme of your book, and how to weave it throughout your story without becoming preachy.

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