One of the wondrous things about reading your own work back after many months, or in some cases, years (school book work), is how shocking your work is. Both in terms of great writing, and appalling composition.
The notes I made back in October 2006, which I am currently writing up, showed me some interesting insight to events and back story for the supporting characters. But I'm stuck at the moment how to bring these past gems into the narrative. I have instead produced a character list and story elements as well as past stories that I'd like to bring into the story to emphasise historical magnitudes.
For example, if one character has had an experience with being taken for a fool, or having had money or wealth taken from them by deception, they will be wary (if they are clever enough) of it happening a second time. So they may when presented with a new situation or opportunity, decline it and remark on a past event, that neither the opposing character or reader is aware of. As a writer it adds to the character depth, as a reader it heightens believability, but also it enables me to perhaps develop that history event should I feel the reader deserves it.
This is one of my story writing skills which I hope to improve, does anyone else have little story devices which either trick or fool a reader into "understanding" a character better?
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