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.
- ISBN10 1599637065
- ISBN13 9781599637068
- Publish Date 31 December 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher F&W Publications Inc
- Imprint Writer's Digest Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 288
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781599637068