The Starting Point

Ready for this week's writing class? Well, the last time we met, we talked about finding your idea. This week, it's all about the starting point.

Finding the place to "start" your book isn't always easy because when you present a character,  he or she has history (as in backstory) that may or may not be relevant to the story you are telling. If it's relevant, we don't need it. If it is relevant we still don't need it thrown at us in a big lump. Writers who do throw it in a lump, kill the...