Over-egged, or underdone? by Cathy Ace

C raft:  How do you deal with backstory? How much do you need, and where do you put it? How do you know what to leave in, and what to take out?

Backstory: I LOVE BACKSTORY!!!! There, that’s got that out of my system.

Anyone who habitually reads 7 Criminal Minds will have sussed out that I use it as a bit of a confessional. If not, you might not know that I’m a slightly OCD plotter – taking my plotting notes to a degree where I understand many other writers wouldn’t end up writing the book itself ...