- Hardcover: 226 pages
- Publisher: Writer's Digest Books (1 Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 188491019X
- ISBN-13: 978-1884910197
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 237,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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With rousing enthusiasm, David Michael Kaplan introduces you to his unique brand of revision: a process of discovery in which your story's words, structure, even its very meaning may change as it grows stronger. He takes you through every stage of the writing process, providing strategies and criteria to help pinpoint the problems in your work and fix them. In addition to illustrating his points with examples from contemporary writers, Kaplan traces the evolution of three of his own stories from journal entries to first (and subsequent) drafts to finished pieces. He shows the changes he made - from single words to entire characters and story lines - and explains why he made them.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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... it's the mantra of the Creative Writing teacher and to be honest, it was beginning to wear a little thin. I suspect this is because there's never any comprehensive guide to revising, just general guides to making sure your characters are rounded and plot thought out and so on. This book is that guide that you need.
It's a practical guide with examples and explanations of why it's wrong to do some things, what you can get away with and what you need to change to add punch.
Kaplans basic 'laws' of revision are to revise for style, structure and meaning. Having finished the book I feel like I can attack my stories and make them into good pieces of prose instead of the limp lettuce stuff that occasionally comes out and can't understand why.
I'd recommend this book to any prose writers- I wouldn't bother if you're a poetry-only writer. Play and film writers can take it or leave it (might be better off with something like The Playwright's Guidebook, The Art and Science of Screenwriting or The Crafty Art of Playmaking), it will help with dialogue but it's not the main focus of the book.
His style is helpful and jokey, making it a joy to read.
It's a practical guide with examples and explanations of why it's wrong to do some things, what you can get away with and what you need to change to add punch.
Kaplans basic 'laws' of revision are to revise for style, structure and meaning. Having finished the book I feel like I can attack my stories and make them into good pieces of prose instead of the limp lettuce stuff that occasionally comes out and can't understand why.
I'd recommend this book to any prose writers- I wouldn't bother if you're a poetry-only writer. Play and film writers can take it or leave it (might be better off with something like The Playwright's Guidebook, The Art and Science of Screenwriting or The Crafty Art of Playmaking), it will help with dialogue but it's not the main focus of the book.
His style is helpful and jokey, making it a joy to read.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book offers indepth suggestions on revision of fiction writing, including some forms of revision I would never have thought of personally. The over-all goal is seamless fiction writing and Kaplan has some concrete suggestions on how to achieve this. One of the most helpful books I have ever read on the subject.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The service was good, quite quick. Let down only by the postal system as the book arrived slightly damaged in one corner.
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