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

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.3
EAN: 9780060545697
ISBN: 0060545690
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: April 01, 2004
Publisher: Collins
Release Date: April 13, 2004
Sales Rank: 9230
Studio: Collins




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Product Description:
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 have edited.

Amazon.com Review:
There's not much of the old-style editing going on at publishing houses today. Renni Browne, veteran of William Morrow and other publishers, founded the Editorial Department in 1980 to teach fiction writers the techniques professional editors (many of whom have gone independent) use to prepare a manuscript for publication. In this book, she and senior editor Dave King share their accumulated expertise in a series of brilliantly compact lessons. One page from their simply and markedly improved version of a scene from The Great Gatsby alone would make a compelling advertisement for their techniques. Very highly recommended. --MTB



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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I love this book!
Great book! definitely the best book (I've read) on writing FICTION. lots of information. helped me out a lot in my writing.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Summary By the Authors Themselves...
This is a verbatim handout in a clinic the authors taught in 1990 in New York. Each item on the following self-editing checklist is a deal-breaker for your blockbuster. Your manuscript likely has many of them. Buy this essential book; understand what the checklist items refer to, and start self-editing.

1) SHOW(ing) AND TELL(ing): As you re-read your work, watch for places where you tell your readers about personality traits, situations, or emotions, rather than showing them through ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great, great book
This book Self-editing for Fiction Writers were written by two professionals. These guys really know what they were doing. There were a lot of good points. I especially loved the chapter on Dialogue Mechanics. That was the most useful. The authors recommend using the word 'said' the majority of the time. This is done because 'said' is an invisible word. Many times author use words like 'he growled,' or propping the word like 'he said angrily' but this is not good because it dilutes the effect. The words ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A wonderful tool for editing your work.
This book is an excellent resource for any writers looking to get their fiction up and running for publication. The instructions are very clear and well stated. The examples are very helpful. I especially enjoyed the use of "The Great Gatsby" as a comparison of good writing and poor writing. The end of each chapter provides a checklist of topics covered (for quick use while editing your own documents) as well as some exercises to practice editing on your own.

The topics covered include: ... Read More



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A breezy read
Renni Browne and Dave King have written a better than average book on craft for fiction writers. It covers the following topics:

1. Showing not telling
2. Characterization & exposition
3. Point of view
4. Proportion
5. Dialog mechanics
6. How the text sounds
7. Interior monologue
8. Beats (character actions between bits of dialog)
9. Sentence/paragraph/chapter breaks
10. Repetition
11. Sophisticated versus amateur style
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