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    GRÁINNE MURPHY

    Oct 01, 2020 3 minutes

    Novelist Gráinne Murphy also works as a freelance editor. ‘It gives me flexibility,’ she says, ‘which is brilliant in some respects but cuts both ways – I end up working a lot of evenings and weekends.

    ‘If I’m working on a first draft, I like to write in the mornings, before the day comes in on me. I write by scene rather than word count, so might complete anything from 500-1,500 words. Before finishing, I make rough notes of the scene for the following

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