The Last Draft: A Novelist's Guide to Revision

by Sandra Scofield

Book Overview

The definitive handbook for the novelist who is ready to revise This wise and friendly guide shows writers how to turn first-draft manuscripts into the novels of their dreams. A critic, longtime teacher, and award-winning novelist, Sandra Scofield illustrates how to reread a work of fiction with a view of its subject and vision, and how to take it apart and put it back together again, stronger and deeper. Scofield builds her explanations around helpful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143131354
• ISBN13: 9780143131359
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.9"