Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories.
In this completely revised and updated second edition, Renni Browne and Dave King teach you, the writer, how to apply the editing techniques they have developed to your own work. Chapters on dialogue, exposition, point of view, interior monologue, and other techniques take you through the same processes an expert editor would go through to perfect your manuscript. Each point is illustrated with examples, many drawn from the hundreds of books Browne and King have edited.
There's not much of the old-style editing going on at publishing houses today. Renni Browne, veteran of William Morrow and other publishers, founded the Editorial Department in 1980 to teach fiction writers the techniques professional editors (many of whom have gone independent) use to prepare a manuscript for publication. In this book, she and senior editor Dave King share their accumulated expertise in a series of brilliantly compact lessons. One page from their simply and markedly improved version of a scene from The Great Gatsby alone would make a compelling advertisement for their techniques. Very highly recommended. --MTB
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 06, 2008 Type: User Review |
Self Editing
I bought this as a gift and she said it had a lot of great tips and ideas that helped her out with her writing process.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 30, 2008 Type: User Review |
To Be precise
This book is about developing a writing style, not about techniques, the nuts and bolts of editing a first draft.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 08, 2008 Type: User Review |
Invaluable
Invaluable aid to carrying out a thoroughgoing, more objective review of your own work. Keeps to the point all the way through. No padding, no folksy 'You can do it' stuff, just good advice.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 25, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Valuable Tool
This book will teach you to find your mistakes before and after your write them. Sage advice indeed about self-editing where so much is down-sized in publishing.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 25, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Valuable Tool
This book will teach you to find your mistakes before and after you write them. Heed it as you get your work published. You may indeed be the primary editor ... I know I was.
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