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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18100: We all process the world individually. Yours characters can, too. Touch, scent, taste, sound - which is your protagonist's main sensory point of reference? What's most important to them? Why? How do they express them? What does that tell you about them?

sep 1, 2025, 12:27 pm • 106 13

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Anickto @anickto.bsky.social

Excellant advice.

sep 1, 2025, 6:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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Alice Sheppard @penguingalaxy.bsky.social

One of my characters, like me, has terrible eyesight and difficulty recognising people they haven't seen for a long time, and that turns out to be an important factor in a really chaotic scene towards the end. But they still really, really appreciate colour, light, space, atmosphere of a place.

sep 1, 2025, 1:38 pm • 3 0 • view
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Nick Johnston @nifjnick.bsky.social

I was excited to find your book "Ten Things About Writing" (read by you) on my library app. I'm really looking forward to listening to it

sep 1, 2025, 12:37 pm • 1 0 • view
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social

Hope you enjoy it!

sep 1, 2025, 12:43 pm • 1 0 • view