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Joanne Harris
@Joannechocolat
Still alive, still writing, still here. Personal account. @Joannechocolat on Instagram, Tumblr, Mastodon, Bluesky and Threads. She/they https://t.co/NugrOpcQyR
Oct 9, 2018 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
It's a long train journey, so let's do this one, too. Follow #TenWaysForMenToWriteAboutWomen to collect them all! 1. This one is for the many men who have asked my advice on this. First, kudos for asking. Second, the fact that you needed to ask at all may be the root of your problem. #TenWaysForMenToWriteAboutWomen
Sep 18, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
This one sounds interesting. Let's extend it to writing about EMOTIONS. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsAboutEmotions 1. To write convincingly about emotions - whether that's love, grief, anger, joy - you have to be acutely aware of your *own* emotions, and how they come across to other people. #TenThingsAboutEmotions
Sep 16, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Margareta von Ascheberg (1671 – 1753) was a Swedish land owner, noble and acting regiment colonel during the Great Northern War. #CelebratingWomen She was the youngest child of Field Marshal Rutger von Ascheberg and Magdalena Eleonora Busseck. In 1691, she married colonel count Kjell Christopher Barnekow in Malmö.
Sep 15, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Queen Nanny or Nanny (c. 1686 – c. 1755), was an 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons. Much of what is known about her comes from oral history, as little textual evidence exists. #CelebratingWomen She was born into the Asante people in what is today Ghana, and escaped from slavery after being transported to Jamaica.
Sep 14, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Let's look at this one. Follow #TenThingsAboutWritersBlock to collect them all! 1. Writer's block is a psychological disorder, and is far, far less common than most people think. It's linked to depression, so if you really think you're suffering from this, get professional help. #TenThingsAboutWritersBlock
Sep 14, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Na Hangbe was the ruler of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, for a brief period before Agaja came to power in 1718. #CelebratingWomen Little is known about her because her rule was largely erased from the official Dahomey history and much that is known is brought together by various different oral histories.
Sep 13, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Okay. Today's #TenTweets are on the very topical subject of CONTRACTS. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsAboutContracts 1. Currently, publishing contracts vary enormously. Some are fair, others amazingly exploitative. The @Soc_of_Authors is campaigning for a review of laws to address unfair contracts, and to help authors get a better deal. #TenThingsAboutContracts
Sep 13, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Hannah Snell (1723–1792) was a British woman who disguised herself as a man and became a soldier. #CelebratingWomen She was born in Worcester on 23 April 1723. Local contemporaries of hers claimed that she played a soldier even as a child.
Sep 12, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Let's try this one today. Follow #TenThingsAboutPacing to collect them all! 1. Pacing a novel is not simply a question of slow=boring and fast=exciting. It is mostly about managing tension within the narrative. #TenthingsAboutPacing
Sep 11, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Let's look at this one. Follow #TenThingsAboutDialect to collect them all! 1. Dialect and accents are notoriously tricky to handle, both in dialogue and narrative. Very few writers do this well - many more do it badly. #TenThingsAboutDialect
Sep 5, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Sub-plots it is. Follow #TenThingsAboutSubplots to collect them all! 1. Most novels don't just have a single plotline. They usually have a variety of sub-plots, of greater or lesser complexity and importance to the main story. #TenThingsAboutSubplots
Sep 5, 2018 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Carin or Karin (Catharina) du Rietz (1766–1788) was a Swedish woman who became a soldier at the Royal guard in the guise of a man. She was the first woman to obtain such a position. #CelebratingWomen The daughter of lieutenant Carl du Rietz and Eva Cronhjelm, she was described as a woman with the stunning intelligence of an Amazon, with power and courage, temperament and beauty, and a "mind of fire".
Sep 4, 2018 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Today's #TenTweets, by request, is on the topic of FINDING TIME TO WRITE. Follow #TenThingsAboutFindingTime to collect them all! 1. Many people dream of writing "when they have more time." And there's no denying that with busy lives, day jobs, children, etc. some people find time management a challenge. But here's the thing. If you can't find time now, you probably never will. #TenThingsAboutFindingTime
Sep 3, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Let's do it! Follow #TenThingsAboutKeepingGoing to collect them all! 1. Every writer has moments of doubt. Sometimes they may even question whether or not to keep going. #TenThingsAboutKeepingGoing
Sep 2, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
I'm sure I have, but there are soooo many more than just ten. Follow #TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors to collect them all! 1. Authors are special people, set apart from the common herd.
Wrong. Authors come in all shapes, sizes and personalities, just like everyone else. The only thing they really have in common is that they write books. #TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors
Sep 2, 2018 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
A small thread on the word "Corbynista." There's been something bothering me about the word "Corbynista." I think it's because, historically, a follower of a certain kind of politics has generally ended in the suffix "-ist." As in "Marxist", socialist", etc. So why the feminized ending?
Aug 30, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
I keep getting this one, so let's try it. Follow #TenWaysToBoostYourProfile to collect them all! 1. Unless you're one of a handful of very high-profile authors, chances are you'll need to do at least some self-promotion. Not all authors are comfortable with the idea, but even those with designated publicists could often do with a little self-help. #TenWaysToBoostYourProfile
Aug 29, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Today's #TenTweets, by request, is on ACTION. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsAboutWritingAction 1. The main trick to writing action is handling pacing correctly. #TenThingsAboutWritingAction
Aug 28, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Okay: let's try it. Follow #TenThingsAboutChangingPerspective to collect them all! 1. Much of the secret of effective writing is about trying to make the reader see things in a new way. To do that, you need to be able to re-assess your own perspectives accordingly. #TenThingsAboutChangingPerspective
Aug 14, 2018 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Today's #TenTweets, by request, are on the subject of FINDING YOUR LOST MOJO. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenWaysToGetYourMojoBack 1. No writer is ever on form all the time. Writer's block, depression, exhaustion, lack of motivation, fear - there's no writer alive or dead who hasn't encountered one of these at some point or another. Join the club. It doesn't mean you're a failure. #TenWaysToGetYourMojoBack
Aug 13, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Let's do this one. Follow #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood to collect them all! 1. Writing about food is a lot like writing about sex. Both are universal, both are evocative, and neither is especially easy to get right. #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood