WIP Diagnostic: Is This Working? A Closer Look at Character Engagement and Backstory

Critique By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy

WIP Diagnostics is a weekly column that studies a snippet of a work in progress for specific issues. Readers are encouraged to send in work with questions, and we diagnose it on the site. It’s part critique, part example, and designed to help the submitter as well as anyone else having a similar problem. 

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This week’s questions:

1. Do you like or feel connected to Bess, the main character? It’s difficult to create sympathetic characters without being able to come out and dump all their “tragic backstory” on the page.

2. Am I giving too much away/not giving enough?

Market/Genre: Paranormal

On to the diagnosis…

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