Fiction Writing Tips On Editing A Rough Draft Manuscript For Revisions

By Patty Schuyler

Coming to the end of a rough draft is an exhilarating process. Knowing that you can do it, that you have done it, that you have created a complete novel is something that does not get old, even after completing many novels. No matter how good you get at the writing process, every rough draft will need to be edited. If you have mastered the basics such as good grammar, formatting and punctuation, some of the editing steps will go faster than the others.

We can compare editing to the process of cleaving, cutting and polishing a rough diamond. Diamonds take a long time to form, and when they are mined from the earth, they are rough yet beautiful. Each stage in the process is important and important for getting the most potential out of the tough gem.

Cleaving is the part of editing that can be started just after you have typed the end. This is where you step back and take a look at the large picture. This is what is called macro editing. Do you feel satisfied with your ending at that very moment? Are there scenes that you will need to insert to make more sense out of your ending? Do you have a character that you need to develop more or one that you need to get rid of all together?

I would hold off on making any of those changes right away. The diamond cleaver turns the rough gem in his hand and makes observations, sets the diamond in cement and walks away from it to let it cool. Write your observations and a to do list down in notes, backup your draft one last time and put it away for at least thirty days.

During that waiting period, relax and celebrate, but also start working on a new project. Work on rough notes and an outline for a new book or if you do not have an idea for a new story, find writing prompts and exercises that will challenge you and possibly give you some ideas. A week before you start editing, spend some time reading advice from others on the editing process.

When you come back to the manuscript read it all the way through. You will have a fresh perspective on it, and you can start working on those notes that you made earlier with confidence and precision. Tweak your ending, adjust your beginning, remove those characters or scenes that don't further the plot and add the small foreshadowing details that add depth to the story and give more meaning to the ending. When you are done, put the manuscript away again. For a day, a week or longer if you need to and come back to it, ready to do the micro editing. - 30222

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Writer Patty has spent a lot of time researching and practicing the art of good fiction writing. The author has put together a website to gather all her fiction writing tips together to share with aspiring fiction writers. You'll find great fiction writing tips here.

How First Time Authors Get Book Publishing Deals

By Jessica Murphy

So you have been up at all hours of the night trying to finish your first book or masterpiece. A sigh of relief comes out of your mouth when you finally sign, "The End" of your book. "So what's next you're thinking?" Well, you are one of many first time authors, but you feel as if you have the next Bestseller on your hands, so you immediately call major book publishers.

After around three months of not getting a reply or a returned phone call from a major publisher, you start to wonder if they have even received your book. I can answer that for you. They have received it, but they won't read it. It's probably in the trash can now. The reason why is that major book publishers get bombarded everyday from first time authors that claim their book should be on the shelves. A lot of times book publishers don't even take a look at your book unless it has been introduced through a book agent of if you're publicly known.

"Yes, that's it. I need a book agent! They have connections and will know what I need to do, right?" Wrong...well kind of. A great agent will assist you in putting together a proposal targeted to editors that deal with your genre. The truth is, even if you're able to get a great agent and they are able to get your book in front of a book publisher, chances are very slim the book will end up on bookshelves.

However, there is good news. "Self-publishing, right?" Wrong. I have yet to meet a self published author that isn't drained. They appreciated the experience, but it is very hard work. Most of them still don't have their book in stores.

So here's the good news. There are small publishing companies that accept books from first time authors. They even accept unsolicited manuscripts. And the best things about it, they are better than major book publishing companies. - 30222

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Drive Traffic To Your Site With An Article Marketing Campaign

By Gerald McConway

When you have a website, you have to be able to drive traffic to it in order to be successful. You can have the best looking site on the net, but if people dont know about it, it is just one of the millions of sites that are taking up space on the web. If you are not showing up on page one of Google, people are probably not even aware that you exist. To get there, you are going to need to create backlinks to your site.

For those of you that do not know how Google operates, here is a crash course. Google has programming that is constantly searching the web for new links. When those links are created, Google will then index them and if they are connected to another site, that site goes up in ranking. When you have more links pointing to your site, your ranking goes up.

Now that is a very basic explanation as the ins and outs of it are much more complicated, but you get the idea of how it works. Now you have to ask yourself, how many links do I have pointing at my site? If you don't have any or have very few, it is time to get to work generating those links or you are going to be lost in the cyber world.

If you want to see your website start to fly up the Google ladder, you should start a very aggressive article writing campaign as soon as possible. While you can use many different types of software to submit your articles to various directories, there is nothing more effective than the UAW submission services. No other article submission service comes close to the results that can be achieved with UAW.

Now if you want to make full use of this type of programming, you are going to have to know how to write the article the right way. For most people, this is either something that they are not accustomed to or will take them significant time. If these articles are not written correctly, they will show up making little sense once they hit the Internet.

Instead of wasting your very valuable time, your best bet is to hire a UAW Article Writing Service that specializes in this type of writing. A simple Google search for UAW Article Writing Service will show you how effective a good article writing campaign can be. When you see how page one can be dominated, you will realize that there is no better way to get traffic to your website

There is no reason for you to sit back and let someone else make all the money. You may think that there is some huge corporate machine out there that has enabled these companies to get to the top of Google, but that is simply not true. Driving traffic to your site is all about getting on page one of Google. Without that ranking, you are just another website. - 30222

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Gerald McConway is the owner and chief writer of Simply the Best Writing. If you are tired of getting lost on Google and want that precious page one ranking, hire Simply the Best Writing as your article writing service. There is simply no better UAW article writing service on the web. All you have to do is a Google search and the proof is all over page 1!