5 Tips On Writing A Trauma Backstory

Life is hard and as writers, we aren’t doing our jobs unless we make our character’s lives a living hell. Am I right? Good fiction isn’t borne out in the comfortable and easy living we might dream about, but in the tension and conflict between characters and/or their own desires.

Giving a character a backstory that includes trauma (part of their backstory at any rate, because no one wants to be defined by that one awful thing that happened or they witnessed) is a great device to create inner...