Edit Your Novel
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A LETTER FROM STEPHANIE AND JILL
STEP 1: MAKE YOUR GOOD BOOK GREAT
The Macro Edit—Taking Care of Big Issues
Chapter 1 Thicker Plots
The Story Problem
Story Structure
Writing the Cream of Your Story
Creating Plot Twists
Filling in the Gaps
Try-Fail Cycles
Chapter 2: Deeper Characters
Main Characters: Someone Worth Following
Writing a Strong Antagonist
The Rest of the Cast
Chapter 3:
Richer Settings
Picking the Right Contemporary Setting
Creating a Mythical Storyworld
Writing Historical Fiction
Chapter 4: Weaving in Your Theme
Digging Out Your Themes
But . . . What If Readers Don’t Like My Theme?
Chapter 5: Do Your Research
CHAPTER 6: WHY BOTHER?
Book surgery
The Micro Edit—Cleaning Up the Writing
Chapter 7: Tracking the Details
How To Create a Story Workbook
Chapter 8: Scene Structure
Making Sure Each Scene Matters
Chapter 9: Point of View
Point of View Basics
Tightening Point of View
Giving Your Narrative a Boost
Chapter 10: Your Character’s Past
Flashbacks
Chapter 11: Dialogue That Speaks
Chapter 12: Cut Out the Telling
Chapter 13: Weaving in Description
Describing Through a Point of View Character
Description Through Word Choice
The Five Senses
Chapter 14: Fresh Writing
Chapter 15: Tightening Your Prose
Passive vs. Active Writing
Chapter 16: Formatting It Right
Technicalities
“Correctly” Using Italics
Punctuation
Chapter 17: How to Know When You’re Done
Editing Issues That Don’t Happen on the Page
Chapter 18: Self-Doubt & Others’ Expectations
Chapter 19: Wrestling with Procrastination
How to deal with Procrastination
STEP 2: LEARNING THE ROPES OF THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
Chapter 20: Behave Like a Pro Before You Are
Guideline #1
Guideline #2
Guideline #3
Guideline #4
Guideline #5
Chapter 21: Critique Groups
How to Critique a Manuscript
A Different View on Critique Groups
Chapter 22: Traditional Publishing
What the Process Can Look Like
How Advances Work
Independent Publishers
Chapter 23: Self-Publishing
STEP 3 PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE
How we got started
Chapter 24: Pitching Your Novel
Defining Your Genre
Your Target Audience
Your Hook Sentences
Your Back-Cover Copy
Your Author Bio
Your Synopsis
Compiling it All into a Book Proposal
STEP 4 FINDING A GOOD LITERARY AGENT
Chapter 25: Literary Agents
How to Find Literary Agents
How to Query
Chapter 26: Dealing with Rejection
STEP 5 BUILDING A CAREER
Be a Writer Who Grows
Remember Why You Write!
In Closing . . .