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Claire Cronshaw of Cherry Edits. Indie fiction specialist. Line editing. Copy editing. Proofreading. Fantasy. Romance. Women's fiction. Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. cherryedits.com she/her
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Useful advice from Cathy Rentzenbrink in her article 'Reading as a Writer' in The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2023. #writingcommunity

The most useful way to learn about technique, the nuts-and-bolts stuff, is to look at what other writers do. What point of view have they chosen? How do they handle any time shifts? How have they selected the start and end point of their story? When I get stuck on a point like this, I will look for answers on my bookshelves. If I'm struggling with handling the dialogue when there are lots of characters present, then I'll search out dinner party scenes. At the moment, I'm considering writing a novel that happens largely in flashback, but when I tried this before I found it too hard. This time I am going to reread The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier and The Confessions of Frankie Langton by Sara Collins and carefully study exactly how it is done.
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Claire Cherry Edits
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Claire Cronshaw of Cherry Edits. Indie fiction specialist. Line editing. Copy editing. Proofreading. Fantasy. Romance. Women's fiction. Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. cherryedits.com she/her
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