Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft: A step-by-step guide to revising your novel - Couverture souple

Hardy, Janice

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ISBN 10 : 0991536452 ISBN 13 : 9780991536450

Editeur : Janice Hardy, 2016

Synopsis

Get all three Fixing Your Revision Problems books in one omnibus! This book contains Fixing Your Character & Point-of-View Problems, Fixing Your Plot & Story Structure Problems, and Fixing Your Setting & Description Problems--PLUS a BONUS workshop: How to Salvage Half-Finished Manuscripts. A strong story has many parts, and when one breaks down, the whole book can fail. Make sure your story is the best it can be to keep your readers hooked. Janice Hardy takes you step-by-step through the novel revision process, from character issues, to plot problems, to description issues. She'll show you how to analyze your draft, spot any problems or weak areas, and fix problems hurting your manuscript. With clear and easy-to-understand examples, Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft offers eleven self-guided workshops that target the common issues that make readers stop reading. It will help you:

• Flesh out weak characters and build strong character arcs
• Find the right amount of backstory to enhance, not bog down, your story
• Create unpredictable plots that keep readers guessing
• Develop compelling hooks to build tension in every scene
• Determine the right way to include information without infodumping
• Fix awkward stage direction and unclear character actions

Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft starts every workshop with an analysis and offers multiple revision options in each area. You choose the options that best fit your writing process. Learn how to:

• Develop a strong and effective revision plan
• Analyze your manuscript to find its strengths and weaknesses
• Spot common red flag words for problem areas (such as told prose)
• Determine the best way to revise a scene, plot, character, or novel
• Fix problems holding your novel back

Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft is an easy-to-follow guide to revising your manuscript and crafting a strong finished draft that will keep readers hooked.

A propos du livre

• Flesh out weak characters and build strong character arcs
• Find the right amount of backstory to enhance, not bog down, your story
• Create unpredictable plots that keep readers guessing
• Develop compelling hooks to build tension in every scene
• Determine the right way to include information without infodumping
• Fix awkward stage direction and unclear character actions

Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft starts every workshop with an analysis and offers multiple revision options in each area. You choose the options that best fit your writing process. Learn how to:

• Develop a strong and effective revision plan
• Analyze your manuscript to find its strengths and weaknesses
• Spot common red flag words for problem areas (such as told prose)
• Determine the best way to revise a scene, plot, character, or novel
• Fix problems holding your novel back

Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft is an easy-to-follow guide to revising your manuscript and crafting a strong finished draft that will keep readers hooked.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Do you have a manuscript to revise? Could you use a little help?
Award-winning author Janice Hardy (and founder of the popular writing site, Fiction University) takes you step-by-step through the novel revision process. She’ll show you how to analyze your draft, spot any problems or weak areas, and how to fix those problems.
With clear and easy-to-understand examples, Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft offers eleven self-guided workshops that target some of the toughest aspects of writing. It will help you:

• Develop a strong and effective revision plan
• Analyze your manuscript to find its strengths and weaknesses
• Spot common red flag words for problem areas (such as told prose)
• Determine the best way to revise a scene, plot, character, or novel
• Fix problems holding your novel back

Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft starts every workshop with an analysis and offers multiple revision options in that area. You choose the options that best fit your writing process. Learn how to:

• Develop weak characters into strong ones
• Strengthen plots and subplots
• Flesh out your world or setting
• Control your novel’s pacing to keep readers hooked
• BONUS Workshop: How to salvage half-finished manuscripts

Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft is an easy-to-follow guide to revising your manuscript and crafting a strong finished draft.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Janice Hardy
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0991536452
• ISBN 13: 9780991536450
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 380
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg