tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post1519211615598878450..comments2024-03-28T15:17:03.077-04:00Comments on Type M for Murder: What’s My Back-Story?Barbara Fradkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06992196707567972990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-18733798116691494152017-10-31T17:41:00.500-04:002017-10-31T17:41:00.500-04:00Excellent exercise.Excellent exercise.Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-44442173158803852202017-10-28T11:09:53.527-04:002017-10-28T11:09:53.527-04:00Yes. Back story is very challenging. I remember re...Yes. Back story is very challenging. I remember reading Time's Arrow by Martin Amis and being so impressed at how he started at the end and ended at the beginning, chronologically speaking. Very un-linear indeed! Marianne Wheelaghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11633342759955709312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-26645949744255621892017-10-26T10:43:06.843-04:002017-10-26T10:43:06.843-04:00This is thought-provoking, John. I've been deb...This is thought-provoking, John. I've been debating how best to handle backstory in my the 1939 book I'm working on. Backstory is challenging when I have several point-of-view characters and events that stretch over 8 months. I've been watching the television show, "This is Us." Fans -- including me -- are hooked on how the writers are giving us bits and pieces of backstory Frankie Y. Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639137430004692530noreply@blogger.com