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Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore | 
| Author: Elizabeth Lyon
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 31030
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0399533958
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.3
EAN: 9780399533952
ASIN: 0399533958
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
Professional editor and author Elizabeth Lyon offers aspiring novelists the guidance and instruction they need to write and edit well-crafted and compelling stories that will stand out from the competition and attract the attention of agents and publishers, including:
- Stand-out style techniques, from accessing an authentic voice to applying techniques of "wordsmithing" that transform prose
- How to rewrite characterization for dimensionality, a universal need, and theme
- Adjustment suggestions to match the prose style and structure of specific genres
- Correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and style
- Strategies to strengthen story beginnings and endings
- Methods for increasing plot stakes, creating movement, and adjusting pace for maximum suspense
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Other books are better. September 17, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have to admit. I was disappointed with this book. Do you remember how your elementary school teacher made English way more difficult that it really is by using proper terminology? Predicates, conjuctions, adverbs etc.
This book does the same thing. It takes the simple parts of fiction, like plot, characterization and movement, and essentially makes it more complicated than it needs to be. Much of what is described in long-winded chapters is common sense to the average writer.
I won't say I didn't learn anything, but I reccomend Self Editing for Fiction Writers as a much more useful and easier book to understand.
Terrific book for any writer August 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book for someone who has written a screenplay and now needs help making it better.
Don't like revision? July 25, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
You might after this. Turn it into a creative as well as left-brain task. There are many ideas in here that have taken my writing to a whole new level,and if applied by others should do the same. Now my favorite book on revision.
Do yourself a favour and buy this book July 18, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've read several books about editing, style, and revision techniques and without a doubt this is the best I've come across so far. It covers an extensive range of topics, goes straight to the point, and most importantly presents them in a helpful, supportive manner. The examples cover a range of books from award winning literature to romance and children's books. The advice is clearly laid out and is presented in a manner that gives options not absolute rules (as unfortunately is the case with so many other books of this type). The checklists at the end of each chapter are very useful, I know I'll be referring back to this book over and over again.
I've just finished reading the book and already I've identified tons of ideas on how to sharpen up and polish my novel, things that were already there but just weren't developed to their full potential.
If you're serious about your novel (and even if you're just writing for the fun of it but still want to make most of it) buy this book. It's well worth the money.
Elizabeth knows her stuff! July 17, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I consider Elizabeth's books on editing way above any college course I've ever taken in writing. Elizabeth knows her stuff. Her edits on my books, her conference workshops, and her books (like this one)are the best available.
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