The Art of Revision

OK…so I’ll admit it. The headline of this blog piece is hooey. As far as I can tell, there is no “art” to the process of revising a manuscript. There may be plenty of art in writing and storytelling but the process of revision is all about hard work.

Hard work, you say? Come on, Addison, writing the darn thing isn’t so easy, either.

While I won’t argue that point, to me revision is the single hardest piece of writing a book.

If you spend any time around writers groups you quickly hear chatter ab...