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Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
The Three-Step Editing Method We recommend a three-step editing process: Make-It-Right Edit: Make sure everything is in there, in the right order, and it all makes sense. Line-by-Line Edit: Go deep into the chapters, paragraphs, and sentences to make sure it says exactly what you want. Read-Aloud Edit: Read the manuscript out loud—preferably to a p
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unique way we turn the story.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Janet Burroway’s best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft.
Ten of the Best Books on Writing | Reading Room | Faber Academy
Many writers, and teachers of writing, spend so much time comparing work to past masters that they lose the contemporary voice of the novel being created on this day.
Walter Mosley • This Year You Write Your Novel
The editor is required to set ego aside. Ego pridefully attaches to individual elements of a work. The editor’s role is to remain unattached and see beyond these passions to find unity and balance.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The alchemy of the rewrite
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