Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share DEEP CUTS Episode 87: How Much Backstory Do Authors Need?
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
DEEP CUTS Episode 87: How Much Backstory Do Authors Need?
Backstory—the story stuff happens before the stuff that happens in the story. How much do authors need to make a great tale? Do you need a fully fleshed-out world before you write the first sentence, or can you wing it? Scott Sigler and ARealGirl Herself discuss.
Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Copyright 2026 by Empty Set Entertainment
A good website is part of any backstory. Our GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG saves 99% on any new domain registration.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View all episodes
By Scott Sigler
4.8
10811,081 ratings
Backstory—the story stuff happens before the stuff that happens in the story. How much do authors need to make a great tale? Do you need a fully fleshed-out world before you write the first sentence, or can you wing it? Scott Sigler and ARealGirl Herself discuss.
Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Copyright 2026 by Empty Set Entertainment
A good website is part of any backstory. Our GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG saves 99% on any new domain registration.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More shows like Scott Sigler Slices
View all
We're Alive
9,650 Listeners
LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)
593 Listeners
Quarter Share
531 Listeners
Ravenwood
309 Listeners
The Leviathan Chronicles
3,211 Listeners
Scott Sigler's Galactic Football League (GFL) Series
201 Listeners
Captain's Share
159 Listeners
Half Share
186 Listeners
The White Vault
4,563 Listeners
America 2.0
280 Listeners
How i Died
792 Listeners
DERELICT
2,533 Listeners
Thanks For Coming In
25 Listeners
Tower 4
2,507 Listeners
Unprepared Casters
400 Listeners
Orphan Black: The Next Chapter
1,244 Listeners
Beatrix Greene
525 Listeners
Memory Lane
406 Listeners
The Strata
783 Listeners
Red Riding Hoods
174 Listeners
Borders Bletherings
13 Listeners
Undertow: Familiar Haunts
775 Listeners
Power Trip
336 Listeners
Mystery Theater
21 Listeners
Dreadtime Stories
46 Listeners
Strange Matter: The Witch Who Came in From the Cold
284 Listeners
The Road of Shadows
674 Listeners
ANCESTOR
48 Listeners
Close Your Eyes
764 Listeners
The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine
172 Listeners
Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama
221 Listeners
The Gentleman From Hell
272 Listeners
Bunker 8
546 Listeners