{"id":20142,"date":"2018-10-16T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=20142"},"modified":"2018-10-10T14:30:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T21:30:34","slug":"revealing-backstory-through-nonverbal-communication-by-kay-keppler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/16\/revealing-backstory-through-nonverbal-communication-by-kay-keppler\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealing Backstory through Nonverbal Communication by Kay Keppler"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Revealing<\/a>Let\u2019s\u00a0welcome\u00a0back monthly columnist, editor, and novelist,\u00a0Kay Keppler<\/a>, as she shares with us \u201cRevealing Backstory through Nonverbal Communication.\u201d\u00a0Enjoy!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Getting backstory right is difficult.<\/strong> Authors want readers to understand what made their characters into the people they are, but the usual backstory techniques\u2014info dumps, prologues, and flashbacks\u2014can slow the pace or even pull readers out of the story altogether.<\/p>\n

Worse, readers can feel manipulated by authorial techniques. Characters\u2019 conversations (\u201cAs you know, Bob, when we were children\u2026\u201d) are painfully obvious. Characters\u2019 interior self-examination or a narrator\u2019s overview are often boring. The appearance of long-lost letters or diaries with critical explanations are too convenient. Readers know a lazy storyteller when they see one, and they\u2019ll put your book down if they come across those tricks.<\/p>\n

Try Nonverbal Communication<\/h2>\n

One way to sidestep these pitfalls is to show characters communicating nonverbally. Gestures, expressions, and posture convey information and reveal emotions. Nonverbal communication is authentic because it\u2019s based on learned, repeated, or automatic responses developed from past experiences. It offers immediate information to the reader that brings the past into the present.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it works.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Normal Reactions<\/h2>\n

When a nonverbal reaction is normal, when it matches expectations, it\u2019s almost invisible. For example, if your friend told you that she\u2019d been promoted at work, you\u2019d probably smile. That\u2019s normal.<\/p>\n

Unexpected Responses<\/h2>\n

However, an unanticipated or inappropriate nonverbal reaction creates powerful story questions. Imagine a character who laughs when a friend tells her that her dog died. Why did she do that? Readers typically assume that the answer lies in the character\u2019s past\u2014that at some point this unpleasant, unkind reaction was a successful response. And they\u2019ll want to know more.<\/p>\n

Maybe the nonverbal reaction isn\u2019t that odd\u2014maybe it\u2019s just difficult; it registers pain or disgust. Let\u2019s say you have a female character who has a complicated relationship with her mother. You need not tell readers this information. You can show it by having the daughter respond defensively, or standing stiffly through a hug. Maybe she frowns when the mother approaches. These nonverbal actions demonstrate a troubled past, but the details remain a mystery. Readers want to know why. This kind of nonverbal communication between your characters tells the story of conflict more clearly than a narrative overview can.<\/p>\n

Exposing Information<\/h2>\n

Nonverbal communication can also reveal something that the character might prefer to keep hidden. Perhaps your character professes to love her uncle. But when she sees him, she doesn\u2019t hug him. She won\u2019t spend time with him. Readers will know there\u2019s a story there.<\/p>\n

Bring Events Together<\/h2>\n

Your job as a writer is to make these individual events cohere. One unusual reaction raises powerful story questions, but several of them create a web of interaction from the past to the present. Readers will stay engaged as they try to put these elements into a cohesive backstory. So make sure you do that!<\/p>\n

Confirm your reader\u2019s guesses. Lay down a series of nonverbal reactions that support a coherent backstory\u2014one that shows how past experiences shape behavior and goals in the story present.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Overdo It<\/h2>\n

Use inappropriate reactions sparingly, at key moments when the revelation of backstory propels the story forward and engages the reader.<\/p>\n

Employ \u201cthe power of three\u201d to combine the laugh about the dead dog, the professed but nonexistent fondness for the uncle, and the discomfort with the mother to reveal that these two adults, brother and sister, united to abuse the daughter by stripping her of outside associations and mocking her feelings; the only way the daughter could survive was to pretend she didn\u2019t have any feelings.<\/p>\n

From the Past to the Present<\/h2>\n

In your story, if understanding a character\u2019s past is important to understanding the choices they make in the present, try conveying some of that backstory with nonverbal communication. It can be a fresh, authentic way to reveal more of your characters\u2019 lives, and it can help you avoid clunky story mechanisms.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n

Kay Keppler<\/a>\"Kay<\/a>\u00a0is an author\u00a0Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/a><\/em>, Betting on Hope<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas<\/a><\/em>, and editor of fiction and nonfiction \u2013Angel\u2019s Kiss<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Outsource It<\/em>!<\/p>\n

She lives in northern California. Contact her here at Writer\u2019s Fun Zone in the comments below, or at\u00a0kaykeppler@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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