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==Writing style== Cherryh uses a writing technique she has variously labeled "very tight limited [[Grammatical person|third person]]", "intense third person", and "intense internal" voice.<ref name=EncycloCentral>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclocentral.com/20357-C.J._Cherryh_Short_Story_Essay_Novel_Writer_.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070811162015/http://www.encyclocentral.com/20357-C.J._Cherryh_Short_Story_Essay_Novel_Writer_.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 11, 2007 |title=C.J. Cherryh Short Story Essay Novel Writer |work=EncycloCentral |access-date=February 20, 2008 }}</ref> In this approach, the only things the writer narrates are those that the viewpoint character specifically notices or thinks about.<ref name=EncycloCentral/> The narration may not mention important features of the environment or situation with which the character is already familiar, even though these things might be of interest to the reader, because the character does not think about them owing to their familiarity.
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