Editing is everything. Cut until you can cut no more. — Esther Freud

"Editing is everything. Cut until you can cut no more."

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Source: Ten rules for writing fiction by Elmore Leonard, Diana Athill, Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Helen Dunmore, Geoff Dyer, Anne Enright, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, Esther Freud, Neil Gaiman, David Hare, PD James, AL Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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Esther Freud is a British author known for her novels that delve into themes of memory and identity, particularly in her acclaimed work 'Hideous Kinky'.

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