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What's Wrong with your Novel? And How to Fix it
Got a Nanowrimo draft ready to edit? Sitting on a first draft because you’re not sure it’s good enough?
Worry not! Help is at hand.
Get the skinny on giving your novel PTQ (page turning quality)
This guide gets straight down to the nitty-gritty, with minimal preliminaries. What are the most common problems? How do you fix them? It’s as simple as don’t do that, do this.
Straight from the shoulder easy to follow advice from an author of more than 30 published novels and years of teaching, assessing and critiquing manuscripts.
Worry not! Help is at hand.
Get the skinny on giving your novel PTQ (page turning quality)
This guide gets straight down to the nitty-gritty, with minimal preliminaries. What are the most common problems? How do you fix them? It’s as simple as don’t do that, do this.
Straight from the shoulder easy to follow advice from an author of more than 30 published novels and years of teaching, assessing and critiquing manuscripts.
91 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 25, 2017
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About the author
Elizabeth Bailey
93 books303 followersAn avid reader from an early age, Elizabeth Bailey grew up in colonial Africa under unconventional parentage and with theatre in the blood. Back in England, she trod the boards until discovering her true métier as a writer in her thirties, when she fulfilled an early addiction to Georgette Heyer by launching into historical romance. Eight years and eight books later, Elizabeth joined the Harlequin Mills & Boon stable, fuelling her writing with a secondary career teaching and directing drama, and writing plays into the bargain.
With 18 historicals published, Elizabeth turned to other genres, producing two titles (Fly the Wild Echoes and For One More Tomorrow) in the cross-genre literary/paranormal field as well as a suspense novella (Silence of a Stranger). She has several short stories available too and a guide for writers on editing.
Continuing her foray into other genres, but returning to her favourite historical period, Elizabeth turned to mystery. She placed her female sleuth in the late Georgian world of intrigue, elegance, aristocrats and rogues, where privilege rubbed shoulders with the harsh realities of making ends meet. While Ottilia moves in the upper echelon of Society, she is thoroughly at ease in the lower, which allows Elizabeth to cross boundaries with impunity. These novels are now published with Sapere Books and the list continues to grow.
Sapere also publish her Brides by Chance Regency Adventures, a series dedicated to the countless women who could not ordinarily hope for romance and marriage: poor relations, dowerless females, those who did not "take", orphans. In a word, the classic Cinderella heroine.
Now retired from teaching, Elizabeth concentrates on writing and promotion, with a sideline in running an assessment critique service for writers.
With 18 historicals published, Elizabeth turned to other genres, producing two titles (Fly the Wild Echoes and For One More Tomorrow) in the cross-genre literary/paranormal field as well as a suspense novella (Silence of a Stranger). She has several short stories available too and a guide for writers on editing.
Continuing her foray into other genres, but returning to her favourite historical period, Elizabeth turned to mystery. She placed her female sleuth in the late Georgian world of intrigue, elegance, aristocrats and rogues, where privilege rubbed shoulders with the harsh realities of making ends meet. While Ottilia moves in the upper echelon of Society, she is thoroughly at ease in the lower, which allows Elizabeth to cross boundaries with impunity. These novels are now published with Sapere Books and the list continues to grow.
Sapere also publish her Brides by Chance Regency Adventures, a series dedicated to the countless women who could not ordinarily hope for romance and marriage: poor relations, dowerless females, those who did not "take", orphans. In a word, the classic Cinderella heroine.
Now retired from teaching, Elizabeth concentrates on writing and promotion, with a sideline in running an assessment critique service for writers.
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February 9, 2017
This guide takes you easily through the process of sorting your first draft into something better. It describes things to watch out for and ways to refine your writing into craft. Probably aimed more at the new writer, it is however suitable for anyone who wants to get back to craft and recap on points they may have forgotten, or missed in the start. Several great nuggets of information, easily digested in one sitting.
May 30, 2017
This is a book every aspiring writer should own!
March 11, 2017
Review: What’s Wrong with your Novel and How to Fix it
Reviewer: Mark Davis MD platomd@gmail.com
Manager of bestproofreadingeditingbookreviews.com
Superbly written and organized What’s Wrong with your Novel? and How to Fix It discusses the basic elements of storytelling through the eyes of an experienced author. Elizabeth Bailey provides detailed guidance in constructing a novel and how to keep the reader enthralled as the story unfurls. Authors new to fiction or experienced scribes will find this book an invaluable resource. Before initiating your next writing endeavor you would be wise to consult this excellent reference. It could make the difference between a book that languishes or one that flies off the shelf.
Reviewer: Mark Davis MD platomd@gmail.com
Manager of bestproofreadingeditingbookreviews.com
Superbly written and organized What’s Wrong with your Novel? and How to Fix It discusses the basic elements of storytelling through the eyes of an experienced author. Elizabeth Bailey provides detailed guidance in constructing a novel and how to keep the reader enthralled as the story unfurls. Authors new to fiction or experienced scribes will find this book an invaluable resource. Before initiating your next writing endeavor you would be wise to consult this excellent reference. It could make the difference between a book that languishes or one that flies off the shelf.
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April 15, 2017This is a great book for once you've written that first draft! Elizabeth Bailey does an excellent job of setting out where first drafts often go wrong and giving you insights into how to fix it. Her writing style is easy to follow and enjoyable to read. The advice is savvy and the organization works well. A helpful book for writers!
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