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Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore Paperback / softback - 2008
by Elizabeth Lyon
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Professional editor and author Lyon offers aspiring novelists the guidance and instruction they need to write and edit well-crafted and compelling stories that will stand out from the competition and attract the attention of agents and publishers.
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- Title Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore
- Author Elizabeth Lyon
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tarcherperigee
- Date 2008-04-01
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # A9780399533952
- ISBN 9780399533952 / 0399533958
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 7.94 x 5.4 x 0.97 in (20.17 x 13.72 x 2.46 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Editing, Fiction - Technique
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007046161
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.3
Summary
Professional editor and author Elizabeth Lyon offers aspiring novelists the guidance and instruction they need to write and edit well-crafted and compelling stories that will stand out from the competition and attract the attention of agents and publishers, including:
- Stand-out style techniques, from accessing an authentic voice to applying techniques of "wordsmithing" that transform prose
- How to rewrite characterization for dimensionality, a universal need, and theme
- Adjustment suggestions to match the prose style and structure of specific genres
- Correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and style
- Strategies to strengthen story beginnings and endings
- Methods for increasing plot stakes, creating movement, and adjusting pace for maximum suspense
- Stand-out style techniques, from accessing an authentic voice to applying techniques of "wordsmithing" that transform prose
- How to rewrite characterization for dimensionality, a universal need, and theme
- Adjustment suggestions to match the prose style and structure of specific genres
- Correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and style
- Strategies to strengthen story beginnings and endings
- Methods for increasing plot stakes, creating movement, and adjusting pace for maximum suspense
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Citations
- Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2008, Page 293