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In this course, you will learn:
- From large to micro, tackling the revising process.
- Identifying and resolving frequent issues.
- How to make a revision strategy.
- How to select your most dependable readers.
- How to deal with negative feedback.
- The most important steps in the editing process.
- How to get ready for agency and editor submissions.
- What agents and editors look for while reviewing submissions
Syllabus:
- The substantive edit
- The line edit
- The copy edit
- The Three Journeys of your Novel.
- Common Problems and how to Solve Them.
- Rewriting for character and voice.
- Dialogue and narrative voice.
- Methods of rewriting.
- Dealing with a daunting rewrite.
- Revising for cliche.
- Exploring prose style options.
- Revising for prose style.
- Rewriting for the theme.
- When to get feedback
- How to choose trusted readers.
- Assessing and incorporating feedback.
- Mentorship.
- The value of writing groups.
- Writing programs: to MFA or not to MFA.
- Writing conferences.
- Researching the market.
- Understanding when your work is ready to send out.
- Crafting a query letter.
- Creating a synopsis.
- The value of literary agents.
- What agents look for in a manuscript.
- The writer/editor relationship.
