Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore - Softcover

Lyon, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0399533958 ISBN 13: 9780399533952

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2008

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Lyon, a regular speaker at writing conferences and retreats nationwide, has been a contributor to Writer’s Digest and is a mentor, editor, and teacher for many writers. The author of Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write and The Sell Your Novel Toolkit, she lives in Eugene, Oregon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0399533958
• ISBN 13: 9780399533952
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368