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A backstory, background story, background, or legend 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] These terms are also used in espionage.
Patreon (/ ˈ p eɪ t r i ɒ n /, /-ə n /) is a monetization platform operated by Patreon, Inc., that provides business tools for content creators to run a subscription service and sell digital products.
The Sims FreePlay is a strategic life simulation game developed by EA Mobile and later with Firemonkeys Studios.It is a freemium version of The Sims for mobile devices; it was released for iOS on December 15, 2011, [1] released for Android on February 15, 2012, [2] released for BlackBerry 10 on July 31, 2013, and released for Windows Phone 8 on September 12, 2013.
The Thing Around Your Neck is a short-story collection by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, first published in April 2009 by Fourth Estate in the UK and by Knopf in the US. It received many positive reviews, including: "She makes storytelling seem as easy as birdsong" ( Daily Telegraph ); [ 1 ] "Stunning.
American short story collections by ethnic background (5 C) A. African-American short stories (2 C, 11 P) Asian-American short story collections (3 C, 37 P) H.
Dragonwings is a children's historical novel by Laurence Yep, published by Harper & Row in 1975. It inaugurated the Golden Mountain Chronicles and is the fifth chronicle in narrative sequence among ten published as of 2012.
Miguel Street is a collection of linked short stories by V. S. Naipaul set in wartime Trinidad and Tobago. The stories draw on the author's childhood memories of Port of Spain . The author lived with his family in the Woodbrook district of the city in the 1940s, and the street in question, Luis Street, has been taken to be the model of Miguel ...
Oggs Cruz, writing for Rappler, praised the film, comparing its story to a morality play and describing Zig Dulay's message as "criticizing how Filipinos hide their faults beneath colorful masks, costumes, smiles, and courteous gestures", only "to point fingers, offer that sacrificial lamb, all for the sake of overrated reputation" at times of ...