Revision & self-editing : techniques for transforming your first draft into a finished novel /
Bell, James Scott.
Revision & self-editing : techniques for transforming your first draft into a finished novel / Revision and self-editing James Scott Bell. - 1st ed. - Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, c2008. - 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Write great fiction . - Write great fiction. .
Includes index.
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.
9781582975085 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1582975086 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781582975092 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1582975094 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007051874
GBA823005 bnb
014531230 Uk
Fiction--Technique.
Manuscripts--Editing.
Fiction--Technique.
Manuscripts--Editing.
PN 3365 / .B45 2008
Revision & self-editing : techniques for transforming your first draft into a finished novel / Revision and self-editing James Scott Bell. - 1st ed. - Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, c2008. - 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Write great fiction . - Write great fiction. .
Includes index.
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.
9781582975085 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1582975086 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781582975092 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1582975094 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007051874
GBA823005 bnb
014531230 Uk
Fiction--Technique.
Manuscripts--Editing.
Fiction--Technique.
Manuscripts--Editing.
PN 3365 / .B45 2008