Revision & self-editing : techniques for transforming your first draft into a finished novel / James Scott Bell.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Write great fictionPublication details: Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781582975085 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1582975086 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781582975092 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1582975094 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Revision and self-editing
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN 3365 .B45 2008
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Contents:
Introduction: On becoming a writer -- A philosophy of self-editing -- Characters -- Plot & structure -- Point of view -- Scenes -- Dialogue -- Beginnings, middles & ends -- Show vs. tell -- Voice & style -- Setting & description -- Exposition -- Theme -- Revision -- A philosophy of revision -- Before you revise -- The first read-through -- The ultimate revision checklist -- Epilogue: The trick that cannot be explained -- Appendix: Exercise answers.
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Includes index.

Introduction: On becoming a writer -- A philosophy of self-editing -- Characters -- Plot & structure -- Point of view -- Scenes -- Dialogue -- Beginnings, middles & ends -- Show vs. tell -- Voice & style -- Setting & description -- Exposition -- Theme -- Revision -- A philosophy of revision -- Before you revise -- The first read-through -- The ultimate revision checklist -- Epilogue: The trick that cannot be explained -- Appendix: Exercise answers.

Includes index.

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