𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞.
Today I’ve got an excerpt for you from Cathy Rentzenbrink, a British memoirist best known for her book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 (2015).
In the 2023 edition of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴’ & 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴’ 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, she contributes an article called ‘Reading as a Writer’.
“Study exactly how it is done,” she says. (See attached picture.)
𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:
Is this something you already do?
Are there pros and cons to this advice?
What novels could you consult to help you figure out how to fix your storytelling problem?
𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄. 
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