Unsolicited writing advice, no. 15600:
Visual description shows the reader a scene: but description that uses all the senses gives the reader an experience.
Mr Edwards finds his beloved ship, the ISLA, moored in the river estuary of a city of parks and plazas…
Joanne Harris
Joanne Harris
Hey there's a new picture book out this year, written by me...
It's about a little ghost who loves to haunt things that humans make, because those things are full of care, memories and intention... And a little girl who needs to notice that her drawings count.
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And this morning Mr Edwards is in a quiet place of orange groves and palm trees…
She achieved fame and recognition very early in her career, being admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1770, at the age of twenty-six.
Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744 – 1818) was an 18th-century French painter best known for her still lifes. #CelebratingWomen
Her precocious talent and rave reviews earned her the attention of the court, where Marie Antoinette took a particular interest in Vallayer-Coster's paintings.
Her life was determinedly private, dignified and hard-working. She survived the bloodshed of the French Revolution, but the fall of the royal family, who were her primary patrons, caused her reputation to decline.
A cosy, ghostie tale of friendship, kindness and connection by two legendary picture book masters.A little ghost lives in a vase in the attic, but when the v...
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Mr Edwards sails into a river estuary, where seabirds watch from the sandy shore, and crocodiles bask in the sunshine…
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 632:
Writing is communicating. It’s sometimes hard to remember that, especially when in the throes of creating a complex metaphor, but it’s worth reminding yourself occasionally that you’re trying to convey a thought, not impress an examiner.
