The greatest challenge in rewriting your book is making a thousand small changes while staying true to your narrative voice. In this practical day-by-day guide to revising your manuscript, you will:* End procrastination by breaking your work into manageable tasks* Learn the technical skills necessary to bring your prose to life* Discover how to write compelling dialogue* Solve narrative problems of structure, point of view and pacing* Learn how to sell and market your book once it is completed"e;With its superb organization, excellent examples and fresh approach, this book is unlike any other how-to for writers. Watt's practical program, broken down by weeks and containing useful information and inspiring techniques, succeeds because, quite simply, it teaches you exactly how not to fail."e;Leslie Schwartz (author of Angel's Crest)"e;The 90-Day Rewrite gave me all the tools I needed to refine my first draft. The techniques stay with you as a writer and give you the confidence to finish your work and prepare it for publication."e;- Jennifer Scott (author of Lessons From Madame Chic: Twenty Stylish Secrets I Learned While Living in Paris, Simon and Schuster)"e;Al teaches you to live in your scenes and set aside the hypercritical surveillance that can plague the rewrite process."e;- Frank B. Wilderson III (author of Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid, winner of the 2008 American Book Award, and the National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship)
