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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 15551: THE WEATHER. Weather isn't just for atmosphere. It's part of the soundtrack to your story; it can drive plot; it determines what your characters wear, how they feel, how they behave, how they move around their world. Use it to good effect.

aug 23, 2025, 5:01 pm • 92 13

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social

I finished the first draft of my first novella after five years of fruitless scriptwriting a week ago and the two things I really missed was the smells and the weather! Fortunately these are fairly quick fixes as the rest was planned to hell and back.

aug 23, 2025, 10:00 pm • 0 0 • view