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Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print

Renni Browne,

Dave King

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Aug 29, 2012 Summer Ross rated it it was amazing

This book hit home for me as a writer. It explained how to make some of the revisions I needed in my novel as well as gave examples and exercises that I could use for practice.

I think this book would be a good resource for beginning writers and some intermediate writers.

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"But telling your readers about your characters' emotions is not the best way to get your readers involved. Far better to show why ...more

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Apr 18, 2012 Rita Monticelli rated it it was amazing

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Un testo indispensabile per qualsiasi scrittore

Ci sono molti libri che parlano di scrittura. Ognuno di loro, a suo modo, può essere utile allo scrittore di fiction (che siano romanzi, novelle o racconti), poiché gli permette di riflettere sulle mille sfaccettature del suo lavoro. Ma c’è un libro in particolare sulla scrittura che credo qualsiasi scrittore debba leggere e consultare tutte le volte che inizia il lavoro di riscrittura. Si tratta proprio di “Self-Editing for ...more

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May 05, 2013 Rachel Abbott rated it it was amazing

I thought this book was incredibly helpful. It pointed out so many errors in my writing. I read it once quickly, then again with notes, and have read it a third time just to cement everything.

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