Le problème de faire dire des horreurs (homophobes, racistes, etc.) à un personnage, c’est que tu as toujours :

• des lecteurs un peu 1er degré qui vont croire que ça reflète les idées de l’auteur
• des gens malveillants qui vont citer l’extrait hors contexte pour lui faire dire le contraire de ce que tu dis

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Q4: Favourite fictional meal?

I’m sure I have one or two, but the meal that has jumped straight into my mind with this question is from reading Enid Blyton with my son and the straight-up awesome picnic food the Secret Seven and Famous Five get. In fact, all the food in her books!

https://bookwritten.com/best-enid-blyton-foods/9407/

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My book is a romance, so two MC vampires.

The last thing MC 1 ate before becoming a vampire was some Turkish bar snacks and beer before being invited to the home of a vampire in Constantinople to drink whisky.

For the other MC, his last meal was Japanese food when he was turned vampire in Kyoto a couple of hundred years earlier.

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Q3: On- page food? MC’s favourite food?

One of the earliest scenes is the team, a group of specialist guards, eating the pie my MC has just made while he introduces them to the new arrival, who is setting the plotline into motion. It’s a pear and blueberry pie, much to another character’s disgust, because they only like apple.

Actually that character is the only one whose food preferences come across strongly (likes specific strong tastes, cinnamon and chilli among them), because they’re so fussy otherwise.

The MC and the new arrival share a meal later but this question has made me realise I very much gloss over what they’re eating, I should fix that :)

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#Writephant Q4: What is your favorite meal in a piece of fiction? (Feel free to use your own work here, too.)

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Q3: What have you had your characters eat on page? What's your WIPs MC's favorite food?

I've had my characters eat Korean, Japanese, Victoria-era food, French, Algerian, Egyptian, Turkish, among other things.

In my current WIP, everyone is now a vampire xD so the food of choice would have to be blood~!

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Hellooo all! Thanks for having me on #Writephant.

How am I doing? Good, just writing the ending of a novel :D

Q1 I drink tea, water, coffee, sparkling water, or energy drinks during the day. They keep me focused! At night, I drink non-alco beer, soju, sake, or beer.

Q2 I love having characters eat on page, depending on what country or time period they are in. I find it very interesting, and it is fun to see how the characters react to the food.

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Q2. Do characters eat on page?

Yes. Description is historically my weakest area in fiction writing, and I’ve learned to at least specify what they’re eating, but also these days to use it for character bonding moments, and for worldbuilding.

In my upcoming book, I was deliberately trying to portray a very multicultural place so mention lots of different types of food — it opens with the MC baking a pie, but every other mention of food is non-western-European. In my book due out next year, it’s two very different cultures but I use food to help them find their commonalities amongst the differences.

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#Writephant Q3:
What have you had your characters eat on page?
What's your WIPs MC's favorite food?

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@adriabailton Q1 eating or drinking

I recently answered a very similar question on #WritersCoffeeClub :)

I mostly don’t because I’m on a walking treadmill and I don’t like to drop crumbs on it (also envision disaster involving spills and going arse-over). But, especially if stuck on a scene, I like to hop off and grab a handful of almonds, sultanas and choc chips as a distraction break.

Mostly drink water but I don’t complain if my partner pops up with a cup of tea for me

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Good morning! This week, I’m typing in the line edits for my upcoming release…I can’t say it’s precisely being me joy (so. Many. Tiny. Changes) but the approaching finish line is!

I’m looking forward to when I get to load it onto my reader as an epub and just enjoy the final read through (which will naturally be perfect :)

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Q1: Do you have your characters eat on the page?

Of course! There's usually at least one dinner party in my stories. I love incorporating historical recipes and dishes in my writing because it helps bring the setting to life.

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#Writephant Q1: Do you have your characters eat on the page?

Of course! There's usually at least one dinner party in my stories. I love incorporating historical recipes and dishes in my writing because it helps bring the setting to life.

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#Writephant Q1: Do you eat or drink while you write? If so, what's your favorite writing sustenance?

I'm an iced-coffee-all-year girlie. But also hot chocolate and tea if I'm in the mood for it.

I lost my sense of taste when I had Covid last year, so my snack choices have been texture-based. I've been favoring crunchy snacks, notably dark chocolate-covered pretzels (I can't taste milk chocolate these days). Also pepperoni and cheese on Ritz crackers.

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#Writephant A1.

I always have some sort of beverage near me: water, soda, alcohol. Nothing special for writing.

I don't typically eat while writing. Fingers on the keyboard is too busy for eating.

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#Writephant Q1: Do you eat or drink while you write? If so, what's your favorite writing sustenance?

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Welcome to #Writephant - a weekly hosted chat for writers! Today's theme is food.

Let's start with the usual. Introduce yourself (we have self-promo at the end.)

How are you doing this Monday? What is bringing you joy today?

Don't forget to use appropriate hashtags when responding. Some suggestions
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Okay, I'm looking for a little extra editing work. Check out my website for editing services. I'm super flexible with pricing. Repost if possible to spread the word! I edit everything!

https://kellyesparza.wordpress.com/

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I think the best thing you can do as a #writer is to ask people how they feel about "show don't tell". If they have any opinion stronger than "it's good advice but sometimes you gotta keep it brief" you need to run the other way.

This post was brought to you by the position that "show don't tell" is a CIA psyop.

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Assuming we survive climate change, how will the world be fed in 2100?

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