As a DM, I see a lot of players write character backstories in two different ways.
1) They give almost nothing, maybe a couple sentences or just a character sheet.
2) They give a novel about the amazing exploits they accomplished and challenges they faced.
I have been guilty of both of these.

My Advice is to keep the short story to a couple paragraphs, focus on the important stuff, make it reasonable for the level of the PC.

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I was recently reminded of this one of my #TTRPG #CharacterBuildCommandments :
"The sight of thy character sheet must not cause the GM's head to hurt, nor shalt thou build in such a manner that thy turns take three times that of thy neighbors."

What commandments do my fellow #GameMasters have to add to the list?

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