Welcome to the page that houses the 2022
#GBWRITESWITHOTHERS
guest blogging initiative! Established in April 2019, it was created to help boost writers at all levels in their careers through pure community effort.
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As writers, we’re advised to use the five senses to bring realism to our work and engage the reader on a deeper level. But instead of considering this concept on a scene-by-scene basis, I challenge you to take it up a notch by incorporating food—and its many contexts—into the fabric of your worldbuilding.
For me, storytelling is magical. And the two main ways that I indulge in it are through books and through cinema. I love the movies, including classic films that not too many see anymore. It is amazing that these movies, in the style and character of their times, can still connect and stir us. I have been wondering about this lately, trying to put my finger on what makes them so compelling. And, what triggered these thoughts, actually, was the news that Sidney Poitier passed away.
