Starting the revision process again
The process of editing a novel is a continual one. If you’ve been following the path I laid out here,…
Writings by John Hewitt
The process of editing a novel is a continual one. If you’ve been following the path I laid out here,…
You’ve written the first draft of a novel. You may have done this as part of NaNoWriMo, or you may…
When a writer contacted me to edit his 164,000-word novel, I told him publishers don’t like books that long. We…
You’ve written the first draft of a novel. You may have done this as part of NaNoWriMo, or you may…
The initial step in turning your first draft into a novel was to read your novel. The goal of this reading…
Some people might have written their novel in chronological order, from start to finish in a straight line. If you…
This is the more traditional approach that people think of when they think about editing a novel. The process is…
What is an information guide? An information guide is much like a style guide. A style guide is a set…
This is a brief example of an information guide. There are no hard and fast rules for information guides, so…
At this point, you are ready to perform a comprehensive reevaluation of your novel. Until now, the draft of your…