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Ask Steve: Using Backstory in Musicals

Ask Steve: Using Backstory in Musicals

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“Smoothly add bits of backstory along the way in ways that will not interrupt the story’s forward thrust. Information should blend in perfectly with the whole story, not feel like it’s the writer telling us a necessary thing in order for the...

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