Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition How to Edit Yourself into Print

Name: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition How to Edit Yourself into Print
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ISBN: 9780060545697

ISBN-10: 0060545690

ISBN-13: 9780060545697

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Renni Browne, Dave King

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Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories. In this completely revised and updated second edition, Renni Browne and Dave King teach you, the writer, how to apply the editing techniques they have developed to your own work. Chapters on dialogue, exposition, point of view, interior monologue, and other techniques take you through the same processes an expert editor would go through to perfect your manuscript. Each point is illustrated with examples, many drawn from the hundreds of books Browne and King…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Renni Browne, once senior editor for William Morrow and other companies, left mainstream publishing in 1980 to found The Editorial Department, a national book-editing company.



Introduction to the second edition



Show and tell



Characterization and exposition



Point of view



Proportion



Dialogue mechanics



See how it sounds



Interior monologue



Easy beats



Breaking up is easy to do



Once is usually enough



Sophistication



Voice


App. 1: Answers to exercises


App. 2: Top books for writers


Index


About the authors