Story fix Transform your novel from broken to brilliant
Book - 2015
"Filled with candid advice on the realities of the publishing world and helpful case studies of real authors who fixed their own stories, Story Fix isn't just about revision--it's about resurrection. Infuse your fiction with a much-needed jolt of electricity, and bring it back to life"--
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Cincinnati, Ohio :
Writer's Digest Books
[2015]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 231 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBN
- 9781599639116
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part 1. The Raw Grist of Story Fixing
- 1. What You Need to Know About Story Fixing Before You Revise
- 2. The Story-Fixing Mind-Set
- 3. What Went Wrong
- Part 2. Repair
- 4. Strengthen Your Concept
- 5. Empower Your Premise
- 6. The Key to Everything
- 7. Narrative Bodybuilding Part One
- 8. Narrative Bodybuilding Part Two
- Part 3. Resurrection
- 9. Welcome to the Suck
- 10. Is Your Story Worth Saving?
- 11. Spinning Hope from Rejection
- 12. Choosing to Succeed
- Part 4. Redemption
- 13. The Doctor Will See You Now
- 14. Case Study One: When Concept Disappears
- 15. Case Study Two: When the Brain Dies, the Rest Follows
- 16. Case Study Three: Even a Winner Raises Yellow Flags