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    Revision and Self Editing for Publication

    Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft into a Novel that Sells

    Author James Scott Bell
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    $18.99 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Writer's Digest Books
    6"W x 9.01"H x 0.74"D   | 11 oz | 45 per carton
    On sale Dec 31, 2012 | 288 Pages | 9781599637068
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    Take your first draft from so-so to sold!

    You've finished the first draft of your novel--congratulations! Time to have a drink, sit back...and start revising. But the revision process doesn't have to be intimidating. Revision and Self-Editing for Publication, Second Edition gives you the tools and advice you need to transform your first draft into a finished manuscript that agents and editors will fight for.

    Inside you'll find:

       • Self-editing techniques for plot, structure, character, theme, voice, and more that can be applied as you're writing to reduce your revision workload.
       • Methods for fine-tuning your first draft into a tight, well-developed piece of literature.
       • The Ultimate Revision Checklist, which seamlessly guides you through the revision process, step by step.
       • New Chapter! Exercises and techniques for "deepening" your work to engage and excite readers like never before.


    Whether you're writing a novel currently or have finished the first draft, Revision and Self-Editing for Publication, Second Edition will give you the guidance you need to revise your manuscript into a novel ready to be sold.
    James Scott Bell is the #1 bestselling author of Plot & Structure, and thrillers like Deceived, Try Dying, Watch Your Back, and One More Lie (International Thriller Writers Award finalist), and is a Christy Award winner. His fiction has been reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, and the Library Review. A former trial lawyer, Bell now writes and speaks full time. He lives in Los Angeles. View titles by James Scott Bell

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    Take your first draft from so-so to sold!

    You've finished the first draft of your novel--congratulations! Time to have a drink, sit back...and start revising. But the revision process doesn't have to be intimidating. Revision and Self-Editing for Publication, Second Edition gives you the tools and advice you need to transform your first draft into a finished manuscript that agents and editors will fight for.

    Inside you'll find:

       • Self-editing techniques for plot, structure, character, theme, voice, and more that can be applied as you're writing to reduce your revision workload.
       • Methods for fine-tuning your first draft into a tight, well-developed piece of literature.
       • The Ultimate Revision Checklist, which seamlessly guides you through the revision process, step by step.
       • New Chapter! Exercises and techniques for "deepening" your work to engage and excite readers like never before.


    Whether you're writing a novel currently or have finished the first draft, Revision and Self-Editing for Publication, Second Edition will give you the guidance you need to revise your manuscript into a novel ready to be sold.

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    James Scott Bell is the #1 bestselling author of Plot & Structure, and thrillers like Deceived, Try Dying, Watch Your Back, and One More Lie (International Thriller Writers Award finalist), and is a Christy Award winner. His fiction has been reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, and the Library Review. A former trial lawyer, Bell now writes and speaks full time. He lives in Los Angeles. View titles by James Scott Bell

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