The 10% Solution : Self-Editing for the Modern Writer

Rand, Ken

ISBN 10: 1933846747 / ISBN 13: 9781933846743

Published by Fairwood Press, 2018

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The 10% Solution : Self-Editing for the Modern Writer
• Publisher: Fairwood Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933846747
• ISBN 13: 9781933846743
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.271 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

This concise book is jammed full of the kind of information it often takes beginning writers years to learn. Ken Rand offers his own advice and twenty-five years of experience for the benefit of other writers. His no-nonsense approach to editing fiction will do more to make writing more professional.

Review

"Pay scrupulous attention . . . The guy knows what he's talking about. If you're a long-time successful writer, pick this up as your refresher course. If you're an ambitious novice, consider this your bible." --Edward Bryant, author of Cinnabar

"This is the best tool for writers that I've seen in many, many years . . . Ken Rand's twenty-five years of writing experience have produced a book that every writer needs." --Jack Cady, author of The Jonah Watch

"A succinct book packed with the kind of useful information it generally takes struggling writers years to learn on their own . . . Kudos to Ken Rand for putting his own advice into practice and offering to give others the benefit of his hard-earned knowledge." --Tom Piccirilli, author of The Last Kind Words

"Ken Rand's short, no-nonsense approach to editing your own work, properly applied, will do more to make your writing appear professional than anything I've seen like it." --James Van Pelt, author of The Summer of the Apocalypse

"Think of [The 10% Solution] as a lint-brush, something that tidies things up and makes sure every sentence that you're sending out into the world to represent you is doing so beautifully." --Cat Rambo, author of Beasts of Tabat

"In my opinion, this book belongs on the shelves of every serious writer out there. " --Dean Wesley Smith, author of Writing into the Dark