Backstory

This article is about the literary device. For "back-stories" of consumer goods, see Back-story (production). For other uses, see Back Story (disambiguation).

In a narrative, a backstory or the background (information) is a set of events that establishes a character's past or that precedes and leads up to the main plot. In acting, it is the fictional history of a character before the main plot events that a performer creates during their preparation for the role.

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