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

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print | Renni Browne, Dave King | For me, this books does the trick.

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	Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print Renni Browne, Dave King Collins, 2004 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 113 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent Editing Resource

I enjoy reading books about writing because it usually gets me writing. Even if the book is nothing special and melodramatically describes the writing process, it'll get me thinking about writing and eventually, writing. Most of those books cover nothing more than the stock writing mistakes that you probably remember from grade school: showing instead of telling; writing in passive voice; not developing your characters. Few books go into the nitty-gritty of fiction and few really get you thinking about what you put to paper in different ways. Fortunately, this is one of those outstanding books.

The chapters are structured more loosely than one would think, judging by their titles. Each and every one is full of a handful of useful tips from a variety of areas and has an indispensable checklist at the end. Although the checklist provides an excellent summary, I would still strongly recommend reading the material for clarification and certain subtler hints. The examples are almost always up to par and explained in enough detail. I cant vouch for the exercises, as I skipped them, but would venture to say theyre good as well. Quite plainly put, this will give the reader plenty of ideas on how to tackle his or her next manuscript and more importantly, remedies to numerous potential pitfalls. I think Ill find myself re-reading this book several times again simply because all of the tips are hard to soak in from just one reading.

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For me, this books does the trick.

I joined a site called Critiquecircle. Before joining it I thought I was a writer because I sat in front of my computer and typed out stories. Sometimes a 1000 words, sometimes 5000. After uploading some of my stories to the site I found out I wasn't really a writer. There were rules to learn and skills to develop. I began buying books that were recommended to me by the critiquers like ON WRITING WELL and others but I just wasn't getting it. My writing wasn't improving. As I read this book it seemed that it was written by someone who had read my work and was telling ME exactly what I was doing wrong. In the things I had written I found almost every mistake that this book stated that writers often made. I'd recommend this book if you're someone from a normal walk of life who has decided to become a writer. I imagine people who are in college may be learning this stuff from their text books but for a normal every day person who wants to learn to write, I think this book would be a good investment.

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Just what the doctor ordered

Working through a manuscript with this book was both eye opening and a bit painful. So much, so wrong (with my writing not the book's). Oh my. I'm not complaining, mind you. My work has benefited. The book is both helpful and constructive, perhaps the single best volume on content editing I've come across, and I read many. The tone is just right with no accusations but also no coddling.

Others have gone over the content of Self Editing for Fiction Writers in detail. All I have to say is do yourself a favor. Get a copy and use it: actually work on the assignments. Your work will benefit from it.

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Edit Your Story Well

This is such a good book. A Literary Agent even recommended it to me when I started editing my novel.

The tips and info in here are priceless! It's made writing so much simpler, because once you know what to look for and what to make sure you don't leave out, spotting errors and editing become almost intuitive.

Helpful

This is a very helpful book and will make your manuscript/writing much better. I had takin writing classes and gone to editors before this and I still learned things I didn't know from this book. I highly recommend this to writers. This book goes into dialogue, how to write sofisticated sentences, characters, detail, show don't tell, voice, point-of-view, and more. It's and easy read too.

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