Character Backstory: Lessons from Orange is the New Black

I recently finished binge watching Orange is the New Black (OITNB). I definitely enjoyed this series. I wouldn’t use the word “love,” but I definitely liked it, and I’ll be watching season 4 when it comes out in June.

What I DID love was the way the writers presented character backstory.

Three takeaways…

1. ALL characters have backstories. Even minor characters.It’s easy to allow secondary or third-tier characters to wallow in the land of one or two dimensions. OITNB does a fabulous job of re...