Revising Your Novel First Draft To Finished Draft A Step By Step Guide To Revising Your Novel

Author : Janice Hardy
Publisher : Fiction University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0991536452

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Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft: A Step-By-Step Guide to Revising Your Novel by Janice Hardy Pdf

Get all three Fixing Your Revision Problems books in one omnibus This book contains Fixing Your Character & Point-of-View Problems, Fixing Your Plot & Story Structure Problems, and Fixing Your Setting & Description Problems--PLUS a BONUS workshop: How to Salvage Half-Finished Manuscripts. A strong story has many parts, and when one breaks down, the whole book can fail. Make sure your story is the best it can be to keep your readers hooked. Janice Hardy takes you step-by-step through the novel revision process, from character issues, to plot problems, to description issues. She'll show you how to analyze your draft, spot any problems or weak areas, and fix problems hurting your manuscript. With clear and easy-to-understand examples, Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft offers eleven self-guided workshops that target the common issues that make readers stop reading. It will help you: Flesh out weak characters and build strong character arcs Find the right amount of backstory to enhance, not bog down, your story Create unpredictable plots that keep readers guessing Develop compelling hooks to build tension in every scene Determine the right way to include information without infodumping Fix awkward stage direction and unclear character actions Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft starts every workshop with an analysis and offers multiple revision options in each area. You choose the options that best fit your writing process. Learn how to: Develop a strong and effective revision plan Analyze your manuscript to find its strengths and weaknesses Spot common red flag words for problem areas (such as told prose) Determine the best way to revise a scene, plot, character, or novel Fix problems holding your novel back Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft is an easy-to-follow guide to revising your manuscript and crafting a strong finished draft that will keep readers hooked.

Author : Janice Hardy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Authorship
ISBN : 1386579181

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Revising Your Novel by Janice Hardy Pdf

Author : James Scott Bell
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781599637068

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Revision and Self Editing for Publication by James Scott Bell Pdf

Take your first draft from so-so to sold! You've finished the first draft of your novel--congratulations! Time to have a drink, sit back...and start revising. But the revision process doesn't have to be intimidating. Revision and Self-Editing for Publication, Second Edition gives you the tools and advice you need to transform your first draft into a finished manuscript that agents and editors will fight for. Inside you'll find: • Self-editing techniques for plot, structure, character, theme, voice, and more that can be applied as you're writing to reduce your revision workload. • Methods for fine-tuning your first draft into a tight, well-developed piece of literature. • The Ultimate Revision Checklist, which seamlessly guides you through the revision process, step by step. • New Chapter! Exercises and techniques for "deepening" your work to engage and excite readers like never before. Whether you're writing a novel currently or have finished the first draft, Revision and Self-Editing for Publication, Second Edition will give you the guidance you need to revise your manuscript into a novel ready to be sold.

Author : HowExpert,Graziel Senosa
Publisher : HowExpert
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-23
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781647589103

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How To Write a Contemporary Romance Novel by HowExpert,Graziel Senosa Pdf

If you want to learn how to write a contemporary romance story, then get the “How to Write a Contemporary Romance Novel” guide which is a step-by-step guide for beginners on how to write contemporary romance stories. Here, you can develop into an enhanced contemporary romance novel writer by getting this step-by-step guide. With this book you will learn to create a wonderful contemporary romance novel. - Prepare yourself thoroughly before writing. - Enhance your writing skill. - Know what genre and subgenre of contemporary romance suits you. - Spark your creativity in writing contemporary romance novels. - Learn the different tips and tricks for writing a wonderful contemporary romance novel. - Discover if you can make a career in writing contemporary romance novels. - Astonish your loved ones and friends when they read your finish contemporary romance novel. - Perfectly outline the story of your contemporary romance novel so that it will become a big hit. - Create suitable character leads that will be loved by your readers. - Lessen your expenses by not attending expensive writing seminars, meetings and workshops. Every chapter and each page will contribute to your learning and writing skills so you can create the most astounding contemporary romance novel you could ever write. We have provided the best step by step course of actions within this guide. At this moment, allow “How to write a Contemporary Romance Novel” to assist you in creating and writing a contemporary romance novel with ease and efficiency right now. About The Expert Graziel Senosa has been writing contemporary (modern) romance novels for six years. Even now, she persists in trying to increase her talent in writing contemporary romance novels, since this is her passion. During her school days she was a member of her school’s newspaper within the feature section, and submitted numerous story articles. She won various literary academic awards from story making and speech competitions. She is also a maintenance staff of the Bookworms Realm (an e-book forum site), publishes her new novels in e-books and print, and collaborates with various writers in order to add to and advance her writing skills. When Graziel was younger, she was fascinated and inspired by the different romance novels she read. She would scribble down story ideas at the back of her notebooks or on any paper she came in contact with too. As time passed by, she began writing chapters and eventually whole novels. Using her own writing approach and methods, she has submitted to various publishing companies. She also embraces change, and is always undertaking fresh and innovative ways of writing. She welcomes critiques, is open to suggestions and loves to hear what other people advise for the development and advancement of her writing talent. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

Author : Sandra Scofield
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780143131359

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The Last Draft by Sandra Scofield Pdf

The definitive handbook for the novelist who is ready to revise This wise and friendly guide shows writers how to turn first-draft manuscripts into the novels of their dreams. A critic, longtime teacher, and award-winning novelist, Sandra Scofield illustrates how to reread a work of fiction with a view of its subject and vision, and how to take it apart and put it back together again, stronger and deeper. Scofield builds her explanations around helpful concepts like narrative structure, character agency, and core scenes, using models from classic and contemporary writers. The detailed, step-by-step plan laid out in The Last Draft offers invaluable advice to both novice and experienced writers alike. In Scofield, they will find a seasoned, encouraging mentor to steer them through this emotional and intellectual journey.

Author : Jessica Brody,Joanne Rendell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781534474451

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Suns Will Rise by Jessica Brody,Joanne Rendell Pdf

Les Misérables meets The Lunar Chronicles in this thrilling conclusion to the System Divine trilogy that’s an “explosion of emotion, intrigue, romance, and revolution” (Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series). An heir. A renegade. A convict. A cyborg. A défecteur. Five rebels. One revolution. It’s been three months since the Patriarche was beheaded, leaving behind no known heir. Now, the planet of Laterre is unrecognizable. General Bonnefaçon has cleaned up the streets, fed the hungry, and restored peace while the next leader is decided upon. From the outside, Laterre seems to be flourishing. But dangerous rifts threaten to shatter the planet from within. The Red Scar has been killing off anyone with a legitimate claim to the Regime, while the Vangarde are preparing for the return of their infamous leader. Then, it’s revealed that the Patriarche had a daughter who is still alive. A missing Paresse heir…Alouette has been locked in a secret facility for months, interrogated on the whereabouts of the General’s renegade grandson. Marcellus is desperately searching for Alouette, knowing she’s the key to the Vangarde’s plan to overthrow the corrupt Regime, but unaware that he, himself, is being hunted by a new cyborg tasked with tracking down the planet’s most wanted criminals. Meanwhile Chatine is growing restless, living underground with a rebel group she doesn’t fit into. Until an old friend solicits her help to save the Défecteur community from a mysterious, new threat. A threat that will tie them all together. When the general makes an explosive play for power, allegiances will shift, rebels will become leaders, barricades will rise, and the tinderbox of Laterre will finally ignite, launching a revolution five hundred years in the making.

Author : Jessica Brody,Joanne Rendell
Publisher : Simon Pulse
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781534410664

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Between Burning Worlds by Jessica Brody,Joanne Rendell Pdf

​Deluxe edition with special embellishments on first printing only. Les Misérables meets The Lunar Chronicles in the out-of-this-world sequel to Sky Without Stars that’s an “explosion of emotion, intrigue, romance, and revolution” (Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series). A traitor. A prisoner. A fugitive. Wanted by the Regime. Destined to save the planet. Laterre is on the brink of war. The Third Estate are rioting against the injustices of a corrupt system. The Patriarche, reeling from the murder of his only heir, makes brutal attempts to quash the unrest, while a new militant faction launches a series of deadly attacks. And three outlaws find themselves pulled into the fray... Marcellus is now a traitor to his planet, willing to do anything to stop his grandfather from seizing control of Laterre, even if it means joining the Vangarde, a rebel group back from the dead. Chatine is a prisoner on Bastille. Desperate to survive the harsh conditions of the moon, she becomes embroiled in the Vangarde’s dangerous attempt to free their infamous leader. Alouette is a fugitive who has been lied to her entire life. Searching for the truth about her mysterious past, she soon finds herself hunted by the Regime for reasons she’s only beginning to understand. But when Laterre is threatened by the emergence of a deadly new weapon, these three renegades must risk everything, traveling to the far reaches of the System Divine and into the white hot center of a planet ready to ignite.

Author : Erin Flanagan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496226815

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Deer Season by Erin Flanagan Pdf

A teenage girl goes missing. When Hal, an intellectually disabled farmhand, returns from a hunting trip with a flimsy story about the blood in his truck and a dent near the headlight, Alma Costagan and her husband are forced to confront what Hal might be capable of.

Author : Peter Ho Davies
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781644451342

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The Art of Revision by Peter Ho Davies Pdf

The fifteenth volume in the Art of series takes an expansive view of revision—on the page and in life In The Art of Revision: The Last Word, Peter Ho Davies takes up an often discussed yet frequently misunderstood subject. He begins by addressing the invisibility of revision—even though it’s an essential part of the writing process, readers typically only see a final draft, leaving the practice shrouded in mystery. To combat this, Davies pulls examples from his novels The Welsh Girl and The Fortunes, as well as from the work of other writers, including Flannery O’Connor, Carmen Machado, and Raymond Carver, shedding light on this slippery subject. Davies also looks beyond literature to work that has been adapted or rewritten, such as books made into films, stories rewritten by another author, and the practice of retconning in comics and film. In an affecting frame story, Davies recounts the story of a violent encounter in his youth, which he then retells over the years, culminating in a final telling at the funeral of his father. In this way, the book arrives at an exhilarating mode of thinking about revision—that it is the writer who must change, as well as the writing. The result is a book that is as useful as it is moving, one that asks writers to reflect upon themselves and their writing.

Author : James N. Frey
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781429974134

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How to Write a Damn Good Mystery by James N. Frey Pdf

Edgar award nominee James N. Frey, author of the internationally best-selling books on the craft of writing, How to Write a Damn Good Novel, How to Write a Damn Good Novel II: Advanced Techniques, and The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth, has now written what is certain to become the standard "how to" book for mystery writing, How to Write a Damn Good Mystery. Frey urges writers to aim high-not to try to write a good-enough-to-get-published mystery, but a damn good mystery. A damn good mystery is first a dramatic novel, Frey insists-a dramatic novel with living, breathing characters-and he shows his readers how to create a living, breathing, believable character who will be clever and resourceful, willful and resolute, and will be what Frey calls "the author of the plot behind the plot." Frey then shows, in his well-known, entertaining, and accessible (and often humorous) style , how the characters-the entire ensemble, including the murderer, the detective, the authorities, the victims, the suspects, the witnesses and the bystanders-create a complete and coherent world. Exploring both the on-stage action and the behind-the-scenes intrigue, Frey shows prospective writers how to build a fleshed-out, believable, and logical world. He shows them exactly which parts of that world show up in the pages of a damn good mystery-and which parts are held back just long enough to keep the reader guessing. This is an indispensable step-by-step guide for anyone who's ever dreamed of writing a damn good mystery.

Author : Janice Hardy
Publisher : Fiction University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Authorship
ISBN : 099153641X

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Plannng Your Novel by Janice Hardy Pdf

Planning Your Novel: Ideas and Structure takes you step-by-step through finding and developing ideas, brainstorming stories, and crafting a solid plan for your novel--including a one-sentence pitch, summary hook blurb, and working synopsis. Over 100 different exercises lead you through the novel-planning process, with ten workshops that build upon each other to flesh out your idea as much or as little as you need to do to start writing. Find Exercises On: - Creating Characters - Choosing Point of View - Determining the Conflict - Finding Your Process - Developing Your Plot - And So Much More! Planning Your Novel: Ideas and Structure is an easy-to-follow guide to planning your novel, as well as a handy tool for revising a first draft, or fixing a novel that isn't quite working.

Author : Wendy Laura Belcher
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412957014

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Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks by Wendy Laura Belcher Pdf

This book provides you with all the tools you need to write an excellent academic article and get it published.

Author : Stuart Horwitz
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781101596685

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Blueprint Your Bestseller by Stuart Horwitz Pdf

The first draft is the easy part… In Blueprint Your Bestseller, Stuart Horwitz offers a step-by-step process for revising your manuscript that has helped bestselling authors get from first draft to final draft. Whether you’re tinkering with your first one hundred pages or trying to wrestle a complete draft into shape, Horwitz helps you look at your writing with the fresh perspective you need to reach the finish line. Blueprint Your Bestseller introduces the Book Architecture Method, a tested sequence of steps for organizing and revising any manuscript. By breaking a manuscript into manageable scenes, you can determine what is going on in your writing at the structural level—and uncover the underlying flaws and strengths of your narrative. For more than a decade this proven approach to revision has helped authors of both fiction and nonfiction, as well as writers across all media from theater to film to TV.

Author : Janice Hardy
Publisher : Fiction University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0991536436

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Understanding Show, Don't Tell: And Really Getting It by Janice Hardy Pdf

This book looks at what affects told prose and when telling is the right thing to do. It also explores aspects of writing that aren't technically telling, but are connected to told prose and can make prose feel told, such as infodumps, description, and backstory.

Author : Hallie Ephron
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781440509575

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The Everything Guide to Writing Your First Novel by Hallie Ephron Pdf

Guides readers in writing and publishing a book, including creating authentic characters, editing, and finding an agent.