Write Great Fiction - Revision And Self-Editing
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||
 Trade In this Item for up to £1.75
Get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade in Revision and Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft into a Finished Novel (Write Great Fiction) for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £1.75, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
In Revision & Self-Editing, James Scott Bell will draw on his experience as a novelist and instructor to provide writers with an exclusive four-draft plan built around the following: organic draft, rough draft, final draft, and polished draft. In addition, the book will feature specific revision tips geared toward the first read-through, as well as targeted instruction that will focus on the individual elements of a novel like plot, structure, characters, voice, style, setting, and endings.
About the Author
James Scott Bell is the author of more than fifteen novels. He has been a fiction columnist for Writer's Digest magazine since 2003. He currently teaches fiction writing courses at Pepperdine University and is a regular on the conference circuit.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you buy a book called Revision and Self-Editing you might reasonably expect it to be about revision and self-editing.
Most of this book isn't.
Most of it is general advice about writing a novel. Very, very little could be described as being about revision and self-editing.
I get the impression that the majority of the text is a rehash of some earlier book of the author's with a few limp bit of advise on revision thrown in to refresh the whole thing (in the same way that a dishonest fishmonger might pour a bucket of water over some day-old mackerel to gloss them up a bit).
If you're after a general book on novel writing then this is a fairly decent book, but to give it the title it has is misleading.
Most of this book isn't.
Most of it is general advice about writing a novel. Very, very little could be described as being about revision and self-editing.
I get the impression that the majority of the text is a rehash of some earlier book of the author's with a few limp bit of advise on revision thrown in to refresh the whole thing (in the same way that a dishonest fishmonger might pour a bucket of water over some day-old mackerel to gloss them up a bit).
If you're after a general book on novel writing then this is a fairly decent book, but to give it the title it has is misleading.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm glad I found this book, and I'm sure I will keep using it in the future. The author goes deep into the various aspects of making your novel better, not with generic tips but with specific questions to be answered, and fixes for the most common problems. One of my favourite texts about creative writing so far.
Format:Paperback
James Scott Bell (Plot & Structure) is back in the final book of the Write Great Fiction series to show us all how to revise and self-edit. Loosely translated, this is where we actually start to really write.
This is a brilliant guide on the finer points of how to spot mistakes, common problems all writers let slip through, and how to trim down your manuscript. The tips contained within resulted in many large edits of my debut work.
Despite the brilliance of this title, however, no author should submit their work to a publisher (or publish it themselves) without it going through the hands of a few independent editors/proof readers first. this is, naturally, also discussed in the book.
Highly recommended for any writer who thinks they are finished after completing the first draft. Now, you can begin.
This is a brilliant guide on the finer points of how to spot mistakes, common problems all writers let slip through, and how to trim down your manuscript. The tips contained within resulted in many large edits of my debut work.
Despite the brilliance of this title, however, no author should submit their work to a publisher (or publish it themselves) without it going through the hands of a few independent editors/proof readers first. this is, naturally, also discussed in the book.
Highly recommended for any writer who thinks they are finished after completing the first draft. Now, you can begin.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Writers' Help
If you write, this book will be helpful, no matter your level of expertise. James Scott Bell takes you through the whole process from beginning to end, with lots of technique... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Patricia Olds
Re; the Revision Self-Editing book
I have used some of the advice given in this book. It has some useful help-lines and tips, especially for anyone writing their first novel. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. A. Shepherd
Informative Book
I think this is an excellent book. It goes over some of the ground covered in Plot and structure, so I haven't bought that as well. It is actually two books in one. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Bookaholic76
easy to follow book
This is an easy to follow guide for reviewing and editing your work. it gives specfic information in detail where required and is good at clarifying direction.
Published on 17 July 2009 by rosie ringlet
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
