how do you create your characters and stories?
hi !!! i'm corry. super super happy to be here! i'm an aspiring storyboard artist/concept designer and i am very very inspired by your work. all your characters have wonderfully unique traits, personalities, and voices - how do you go about developing that? how did you manage to create characters that have struck the hearts of so many people? do you put a lot of yourself into them? clearly your writing has messages that you feel passionately about and want to share. is that vulnerable and scary? i can only imagine it is. sorry if this is a lot! i'm hyped for this livestream :D
What are your main inspirations for If Memory Serves? (Also inspirations for Thirst if you’re feeling kind?)
I love Juno an incredible amount, so first, thank you for everything! I remember you discussing some of the inspirations for Juno all the way back in some of the early season Q and As but If Memory Serves feels different, much closer to the vibes and writing in Season 2 (probably because we’re seeing our favorite detective once again hit rock bottom)- you guys did an incredible job in having the characters feel familiar even as this story shifts away from the tone we’ve experienced before in the series- If Memory Serves feels way more classic detective, just with all the great Penumbra energy; so were the inspirations for this different, or was this a product of hanging out in Hyperion and writing Juno for so long that it just made sense to share the beginning we’ve been teased with so much with lines from throughout the series?
juno's narration
hi guys :) this question is for joshua ilon! if i remember correctly, at the end of the podcast, you said you imagined juno narrating in a chair petting his big beard, older and wiser than he was in his stories, and at the finale he finally catches up with himself. where is juno narrating from in the novel? who is he telling the story to?
Does a different medium create a different kind of story?
Hi, this is a question for Kevin and Harley: In the audio book, you were able to describe elaborate action and complex situations (in beautiful prose I may add) whereas in the podcast this all had to be conveyed through sound and dialogue. How did this freedom impact the story? Did you make different plot choices because of this? (Though there certainly was no shortage of complex situations in the podcast haha) Thanks!
Narration versus character
Hi another question, this one for Joshua. I was curious about the process of being both narrator and Juno Steel in the story. At moments you had to switch in an instant from character to narration. Was this more challenging than doing ‘just’ the dialogue and monologues in the podcast?
Chronological Order or Release?
With a physical copy, do you think that the starting point for new fans will change? People introduced to the Junoverse though a copy of the book over the podcast once it hits shelves? Do you think the order changes the perception of the story too far one way or the other? Not to begin prequels vs original debate, but chronological or release?