You don’t want to bore readers with backstory, but you need to give them enough. To a large degree, I’m still learning my process.ĭavid Gwyn: Figuring out how to give the right amount of information to readers early in your story can feel impossible. And I, I don’t like when writing advice becomes an impediment or like self-defeating. You, you don’t need to set yourself these sort of arbitrary goal posts. Rob Hart: The work gets done or it doesn’t, as long as it gets done, you’re fine. Non-fiction articles have been featured at sites like LitReactor, Salon, The Daily Beast, Criminal Element, The Literary Hub,, and Electric Literature. He received honorable mention in both Best American Mystery Stories 2015 and 2017. He also wrote “Due on Batuu”, a short story set in the Star Wars universe, as part of From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back. He received a Derringer Award nomination for best flash fiction story for “Foodies”, and his short story “Take-Out” appeared in Best American Mystery Stories 2018. Rob’s short stories have appeared in publications like Shotgun Honey, Crime Factory, All Due Respect, Thuglit, Needle, Helix Literary Magazine, Mystery Tribune, and Joyland.
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