Backstory
Events preceding a plot in a story / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Backstory?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
This article is about the literary device. For "back-stories" of consumer goods, see Back-story (production). For other uses, see Back Story (disambiguation).
A backstory, background story, or background is a set of events invented for a plot, preceding and leading up to that plot. In acting, it is the history of the character before the drama begins, and is created during the actor's preparation.[1][2]