https://booksbywomen.org/whats-food-doing-in-your-fiction-by-j-l-newton/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://booksbywomen.org/whats-food-doing-in-your-fiction-by-j-l-newton/#comment-49002 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:40:08 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=19426#comment-49002 Coffee and cake in a cafe can be the backdrop to plot revelations or the source of comfort when characters are in distress. Food is social and eating alone shows how a character might be disconnected from family, friends, society etc.
I’ve been accused of something similar… ‘everyone in your books is always drinking tea.’… a poorly worded review full of generalisations.
If characters are to be plausible, they need to act like real people. All that fast-paced action to move the plot forward needs some sustenance surely. I don’t think I could race across mountain tops or dive with sharks without something in my belly. 🙂

]]> https://booksbywomen.org/whats-food-doing-in-your-fiction-by-j-l-newton/#comment-48719 Sun, 09 Jul 2017 00:21:35 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=19426#comment-48719 We’ve all been told that we should write about things we know. Some people just look at food as something to be ingested for a healthy body. Some of us live to create, eat, and nurture others. Food will always be represented with love and passion in my writing, because it’s the source of strong emotions . . . and it’s fun to describe. I’d much rather read a description of a dinner than have to skim through a description of what the hostess is wearing!

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