The Three Dirty Birds are chatting about James Scott Bell’s Revision and self-Editing for Publication. We’re down to the end of it now, with just his Revision Checklist to go through. (And, by the way, he has a downloadable version of this checklist at Writer’s Digest, if you want to check it out.) Kate:...
We’re over at Ana’s blog, talking about what we do after we’ve finished our first draft, and what James Scott Bell recommends.
Three Dirty Birds are chirping about what you should do before you revise your book, and what James Scott Bell thinks you should do. Zoe: First I want to say that I did some of the exercises in the Theme chapter last Sunday, and ohmygod. What a help! It led to me rewriting the...
Over at Zoe’s blog, talking about James Scott Bell’s Introductory chapter to the second half of the book, on revision.
Ana, Zoe, and I talk about finding the theme in your novel and what James Scott Bell thinks of it.
WE’RE BACK!!!! At least until Christmas derails us. Then we lose Zoe-bird for a couple of weeks, but we’ll be back in the New Year to finish off James Scott Bell and squabble about what book we’ll read next. Any suggestions? We’d like something a little more focused, something that will help us with...
Dirty Birdin’ over at Zoe’s blog! It’s Friday!!! I have peppermint Kahlua for the coffee. (Sadly, I like Bailey’s in it better. But it’s drinkable.)
Plotting and structuring over on Ana’s blog. I’m really liking this book. 🙂
In honor of the halfway point of NaNo, and with the idea in mind that people will soon be editing their NaNo novels (Right, everyone? No sending it off to the agent on December 1), The Three Dirty Birds is reading James Scott Bell’s Revision and Self-Editing for Publication, 2nd Edition. Kate: I already...