The advice on cutting out back story from the narrative of my crime novel, A Fair Wack, and delivering it via action and dialogue, ie show don’t tell was priceless advice. It shakes you out of your laziness and makes you really think about how you can do it. You can’t be too obvious – it’s got to be done deftly. In my case it meant using the dialogue between characters. This also meant that I could emphasise the relationship between the characters to the reader. This was the bit of advice that was really helpful – though it was a bit horrifying to find page after page highlighted with the dreaded comment Back Story!