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How to Edit, Revise and Rewrite Your Novel--a Quick and Simple Guide
How to Edit, Revise and Rewrite Your Novel
A Quick and Simple Guide
A companion to How to Write a Novel--Storytelling, the Writer and the EBook Novel, this guide to the editing process will help you prepare and get your novel manuscript in professional shape to ePublish or to submit to the traditional publishing industry's agents and editors.
A Quick and Simple Guide for:
• basic formatting;
• sentences (syntax, overloading, rhythm, variety, ambiguous, phrases and diction);
• word choices (tone setting, abstract, stock vs. specific and concrete, economy, obscure, active vs. passive, generic, misused, common grammatical errors and commonly misspelled);
• punctuation--a simple style guide;
• critique groups, and;
• resources and references;
This eBook is especially designed for the beginning eBook writer, but it is also a great reference for the experienced novelist. With the huge new market writers have discovered in writing eBooks, opportunities abound for authors.
A Quick and Simple Guide
A companion to How to Write a Novel--Storytelling, the Writer and the EBook Novel, this guide to the editing process will help you prepare and get your novel manuscript in professional shape to ePublish or to submit to the traditional publishing industry's agents and editors.
A Quick and Simple Guide for:
• basic formatting;
• sentences (syntax, overloading, rhythm, variety, ambiguous, phrases and diction);
• word choices (tone setting, abstract, stock vs. specific and concrete, economy, obscure, active vs. passive, generic, misused, common grammatical errors and commonly misspelled);
• punctuation--a simple style guide;
• critique groups, and;
• resources and references;
This eBook is especially designed for the beginning eBook writer, but it is also a great reference for the experienced novelist. With the huge new market writers have discovered in writing eBooks, opportunities abound for authors.
48 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 7, 2012
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About the author
Gordon A. Kessler
20 books10 followersI am a fulltime thriller novelist, living in the Kansas City metro area with my golden retriever, Jazzy Brass. I’ve taught novel-writing for several community colleges, worked over twenty years for the BNSF Railway, and I am a former US Marine Recon Scout, Super Squad team leader, parachutist, marksmanship coach and troop handler. I enjoys SCUBA, sailing, snow skiing and being with my kids and grandkids.
My first novel, Jezebel, landed a contract with a large publisher back in 1992. But nearly three years later, on the week they were supposed to make a 10,000-book print run, the publisher went bankrupt.
Since then, I’ve contracted with a couple of big name New York agents, have turned down a small publishing contract, had a verbal deal fall through before the written contract was made, and have had numerous manuscripts passed around the tables at the big NYC publishing houses. A senior editor from one of the largest publishers in the world has even emailed me asking “what are you working on, now?”
With the connections I’ve made, you’d think I’d stick with traditional publishing, wouldn’t you? I’m not that smart! Besides, I’m having a blast writing eBook thrillers—more fun than I’ve ever had in my life.
I currently have three thriller novels in both paper and eBook: Jezebel, Dead Reckoning and Brainstorm. All three of these are between 110,000 and 125,000 words long–typical, big thriller books.
My latest men’s action adventure novels are a part of ”The E Z Knight Reports” series. These books are a departure from the big thriller books I’ve focused on in the past. They consist of episodic yet standalone stories in the 50,000 word range with a number of recurring characters. They’re fast, fun reads; gritty, sexy, irreverent and sometimes humorous–with a modern-day, ramped up “The Rockford Files”/”Magnum PI” feel. But they’re also poignant looks at the darker side of life, crime and the human condition.
I’ve also published two short story eBooks: a humorous piece called “Toothpick for Two” and a nostalgic romance called “Jack Knight” (unrelated to the E Z Knight series). Please check them out.
Aside from my fiction, I’ve written a book specifically for novelists, Novel Writing Made Simple. It’s a great primer for beginners and an excellent refresher for the experienced wordsmith.
I am a founder and current president of the Kansas Writers Association, a sixteen-year-old organization of some very special people. Last year, I started a group to help support independent authors called the Indie Writers Alliance—another group of great people.
Life is great!
My first novel, Jezebel, landed a contract with a large publisher back in 1992. But nearly three years later, on the week they were supposed to make a 10,000-book print run, the publisher went bankrupt.
Since then, I’ve contracted with a couple of big name New York agents, have turned down a small publishing contract, had a verbal deal fall through before the written contract was made, and have had numerous manuscripts passed around the tables at the big NYC publishing houses. A senior editor from one of the largest publishers in the world has even emailed me asking “what are you working on, now?”
With the connections I’ve made, you’d think I’d stick with traditional publishing, wouldn’t you? I’m not that smart! Besides, I’m having a blast writing eBook thrillers—more fun than I’ve ever had in my life.
I currently have three thriller novels in both paper and eBook: Jezebel, Dead Reckoning and Brainstorm. All three of these are between 110,000 and 125,000 words long–typical, big thriller books.
My latest men’s action adventure novels are a part of ”The E Z Knight Reports” series. These books are a departure from the big thriller books I’ve focused on in the past. They consist of episodic yet standalone stories in the 50,000 word range with a number of recurring characters. They’re fast, fun reads; gritty, sexy, irreverent and sometimes humorous–with a modern-day, ramped up “The Rockford Files”/”Magnum PI” feel. But they’re also poignant looks at the darker side of life, crime and the human condition.
I’ve also published two short story eBooks: a humorous piece called “Toothpick for Two” and a nostalgic romance called “Jack Knight” (unrelated to the E Z Knight series). Please check them out.
Aside from my fiction, I’ve written a book specifically for novelists, Novel Writing Made Simple. It’s a great primer for beginners and an excellent refresher for the experienced wordsmith.
I am a founder and current president of the Kansas Writers Association, a sixteen-year-old organization of some very special people. Last year, I started a group to help support independent authors called the Indie Writers Alliance—another group of great people.
Life is great!
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August 28, 2014
Gordon Kessler's book "How to Edit, Revise and Rewrite Your Novel--A Quick and Simple Guide" is a very helpful little resource. Packed with great information for the beginning and intermediate writer (like me), this guide is succinct, well-written, and organized, without a lot of fluff. At the price of free, it's definitely worth picking up.
March 26, 2015
Useful lists of commonly misused words, words to avoid, and good general writing advice.
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