Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition
How to Edit Yourself Into Print
$40.79
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
13 April 2004
Summary
Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the essential editing techniques of the trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories.
In this completely revised and updated second edition, Renni Browne and Dave King teach you, the writer, how to apply the professional book editing techniques they have developed to your own work. Chapters on dialogue, exposit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780060545697 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0060545690 |
| Author: | Renni Browne, Dave King |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 13 April 2004 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 132mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
“An entire book on improving what you’ve written is Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, which comes from professional editors who know their stuff.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review
“My students–including the published novelists–ought to read Self-Editing for Fiction Writers once a year, the Show and Tell chapter even more often.” Sol Stein, author of Stein on Writing - Sol Stein, author of Stein on Writing
About The Author
Renni Browne
Renni Browne, once senior editor for William Morrow and other companies, left mainstream publishing in 1980 to found The Editorial Department, a national book-editing company.
Dave King is a contributing editor at Writer’s Digest. He also works as an independent editor in his home in rural Ashfield, Massachusetts.
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