Rock Your Revisions
(2012)A Simple System for Revising Your Novel
A non fiction book by Cathy Yardley
Do you feel overwhelmed trying to revise your novel?
Faced with a hot mess of rough draft, maybe you feel confused, unsure of what to fix - or rather, what to fix first!
Editing fiction takes a slightly different mindset than writing the first rough pass of a novel. There are a lot of moving parts in a work of fiction. The trick is to not try and tackle everything at once.
Rock Your Revisions: A Simple System for Revising Your Novel will show you a clear, easy-to-follow process for editing a novel. It will help you:
Faced with a hot mess of rough draft, maybe you feel confused, unsure of what to fix - or rather, what to fix first!
Editing fiction takes a slightly different mindset than writing the first rough pass of a novel. There are a lot of moving parts in a work of fiction. The trick is to not try and tackle everything at once.
Rock Your Revisions: A Simple System for Revising Your Novel will show you a clear, easy-to-follow process for editing a novel. It will help you:
- Test for story structure on a macro level, providing detailed checklists for character and plot arcs
- Test for story structure at the scene level, making sure each serves a purpose in the novel (and hopefully more than one!)
- Gain insight on the mechanics of the novel - checking POV choice, dialogue, exposition vs. detail (showing versus telling), and more, with a systematic scene-by-scene approach
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