Writers often approach character construction as though it is enough to write a detailed backstory for a character and then assume that they will behave in accordance with that backstory. But a backstory is really just a beginning and it needs to be filtered upwards through a chain of causality until it arrives at the level of behavior - if you want them to be consistent and distinct and not simply expressions of the writer. This video discusses what those six layers are and how they relate to e

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