Field notes
The work behind the impossible.
Notes on how Claire Blanche and the Whisper found its characters, its city and its way through the messy middle of a first draft.
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Small decisions make the world believable.
I am interested in the part of writing that usually stays off the cover: the rough drawings, the wrong turns, the streets that suggest a scene, and the ordinary details that keep magic from floating away.
Character development
Before the magic, there was a face.
How Claire moved from a fighter-shaped idea to an ordinary woman in a strange coat.
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Place and atmosphere
Geneva, between sentences.
The street details, weather and quiet infrastructure that help a hidden world feel close.
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Daily mishaps
The city never waits for the plot.
Real Geneva photographs, fictional explanations and the small disasters that happen between the important scenes.
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