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The Last Draft: A Novelist's Guide to Revision (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143131359)
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xThe 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 concepts like narrative structure, character agency, and core scenes, using models from classic and contemporary writers. The detailed, step-by-step plan laid out in The Last Draft offers invaluable advice to both novice and experienced writers alike. In Scofield, they will find a seasoned, encouraging mentor to steer them through this emotional and intellectual journey.
Author: Sandra Scofield
ISBN-10: 0143131354
ISBN-13: 9780143131359
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2017
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/22/2017
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2017
Library Journal 11/01/2017
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 concepts like narrative structure, character agency, and core scenes, using models from classic and contemporary writers. The detailed, step-by-step plan laid out in The Last Draft offers invaluable advice to both novice and experienced writers alike. In Scofield, they will find a seasoned, encouraging mentor to steer them through this emotional and intellectual journey.
Author: Sandra Scofield
ISBN-10: 0143131354
ISBN-13: 9780143131359
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2017
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/22/2017
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2017
Library Journal 11/01/2017
By Sandra Scofield
xSandra Scofield is the author of seven novels, including Beyond Deserving, a finalist for the National Book Award, and A Chance to See Egypt, winner of a Best Fiction Prize from the Texas Institute of Letters. She has written a memoir, Occasions of Sin, and a book of essays about her family, Mysteries of Love and Grief: Reflections on a Plainswoman's Life. She is also the author of a previous book on the craft of writing, The Scene Book: A Primer for the Fiction Writer. Scofield is on the faculty of the Solstice MFA Program in Creative Writing at Pine Manor College and has for many years taught in the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival.
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