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Jane Toombs and Janet Lane Walters collectively bring more than fifty years of writing experience to this project. Jane's first book was published in 1973, and she's gone on to publish eighty more times in novel length. She also has short stories in fourteen anthologies. Janet's first short story was published in 1968. To date she has published a dozen short stories, a dozen poems, several nonfiction books as a ghost-writer and twenty-five novels. Both writers have more books in the works. Jane and Janet have been and still are active in various critique groups and have had years of experience in judging writing contests. Both have written book reviews, and Janet has done freelance editing.
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Mayra Calvani--Midwest Book Review,
By Mayra Calvani "Multi-genre author and reviewer." (Brussels, Belgium) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Becoming Your Own Critique Partner (Paperback)
This new book on self-editing written by two very prolific authors is one you'll definitely want to add to your bookshelf.What are the major problems you should be on the lookout for when editing your own work? The answer isn't always easy, as authors tend to become so involved in their plot and characters they turn blind to the obvious. Sometimes the problems are easy to spot and fix, sometimes not. Whatever the case, Walters and Toombs guide you through the process of completely editing your fiction manuscript. With specific examples taken from their own works, the authors demonstrate how to handle telling instead of showing, stilted and flat dialogue, weak and unrealistic characters, unnecessary scenes, overuse of adjectives and adverbs, lack of atmosphere, point of view shifts, bloated prose, clichés, among others. They also share the secret to strong characters and the six necessary elements to a master plot. Each chapter concentrates on a specific subject, with helpful exercises at the end of it. Written in a clear, friendly, straight-forward style, Becoming Your Own Critique Partner is a reference book that both beginners and professionals will profit from.
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Becoming Your Oown Critique Parner,
This review is from: Becoming Your Own Critique Partner (Paperback)
If you follow the directions and advice in this book, your writing should improve. It will help you in learning how to rid your manuscript of all those little errors that editors hate, as it walks you through the process of critiquing your own manuscript. There's a lot of information in here that has helped me with my own writing. If you don't have access to a critique group or want to do the job yourself, get this book and read it.I would recommend that every writer have it in their reference library.
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I was excited to receive this book in the mail today and I sat down and read it in one sitting. It is full of useful information that I will use again and again. I'm definitely glad that I bought it.
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