Backstories are important. Characters are people and need to be shaped by their circumstances, family, and the overall environment in which they live.
Science Fiction and Fantasy are hugely popular genres. What does it take for a writer today to write compelling and successful Science Fiction and Fantasy stories? Authority Magazine started a new series called “How To Write Compelling Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories.” In this series, we are talking to anyone who is a Science Fiction or Fantasy author or an authority or expert on how to write compelling Science Fiction and Fantasy.
As a part of this series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Joshua Hershey. Joshua Hershey was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Having a mother who had been a schoolteacher, he grew up around books and wrote his first script at the age of twelve, a story about Mr. Nice, the helpful raccoon.
Joshua studied at Taylor University, where he majored in business and was the captain of his football team. After college, he took flight lessons before moving to Dallas where he became a regional pilot for American Airlines and continued his studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, little knowing…