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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

Manuscript Makeover Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore

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      Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/2008
      ISBN13: 9780399533952, 978-0399533952
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      Description

      Book 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

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