TY - BOOK AU - Bell,James Scott TI - Revision & self-editing: techniques for transforming your first draft into a finished novel T2 - Write great fiction SN - 9781582975085 (hbk. : alk. paper) AV - PN 3365 .B45 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Cincinnati, Ohio PB - Writer's Digest Books KW - Fiction KW - Technique KW - Manuscripts KW - Editing KW - fast N1 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip087/2007051874.html ER -