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by Elizabeth Lyon
Professional editor and author 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.
Summary
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
- 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
Details
- Title Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore
- Author Elizabeth Lyon
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Edition
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tarcherperigee
- Date April 1, 2008
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780399533952 / 0399533958
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 7.94 x 5.4 x 0.97 in (20.17 x 13.72 x 2.46 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Editing, Fiction - Technique
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007046161
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.3
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2008, Page 293
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