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Are flashbacks and backstory the same?

Are flashbacks and backstory the same?

by Andrea Fausbøll | May 28, 2022 | #Writing tips

Well, yes and no. The backstory is the raw material from which flashbacks are drawn, but they have very different uses and purposes. Backstory Let’s define backstory first. As the word indicates, it is everything that happened before the story began. It is useful for...

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