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" They say writing is rewriting. So why does the second part get such short shrift? Refuse To Be Done will guide you through every step of the novel writing process, from getting started on those first pages to the last tips for making your final draft even tighter and stronger. From lauded writer and teacher Matt Bell, Refuse to Be Done is encouraging and intensely practical, focusing always on specific rewriting tasks, techniques, and activities for every stage of the process. You won&rsquo, find bromides here about the &ldquo,he writing Muse.&rdquo,Instead, Bell breaks down the writing process in three sections. In the first, Bell shares a bounty of tactics, all meant to push you through the initial conception and get words on the page. The second focuses on reworking the narrative through outlining, modeling, and rewriting. The third and final section offers a layered approach to polishing through a checklist of operations, breaking the daunting project of final revisions into many small, achievable tasks. 160 Whether you are a first time novelist or a veteran writer, you will find an abundance of strategies here to help motivate you and shake up your revision process, allowing you to approach your work, day after day and month after month, with fresh eyes and sharp new tools."
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Biographisches: "Matt Bell is the author most recently of the novels Scrapper (a Michigan Notable Book) and In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods (a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award and an Indies Choice Adult Debut Book of the Year Honor Recipient, as well as the winner of the Paula Anderson Book Award). His stories have appeared in Best American Mystery Stories , Tin House , Conjunctions , Fairy Tale Review , Gulf Coast , and many other publications. A native of Michigan, he now teaches creative writing at Arizona State University." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: January 10, 2022 “I know this can sound a little magical: start writing, and the draft will come,” advises novelist Bell ( Appleseed ) in this heartening guide to writing a novel. Bell’s plan comes in three stages, each pertaining to a different draft. The first involves an “exploratory draft,” or discovering one’s book by writing it,at this phase, he eschews formal organization and lets it flow. Before starting the second draft, he suggests taking a break and celebrating one’s progress before writing a “summary of the book written in an approximation of the novel’s voice” and rereading the first draft to create an outline of it, which will guide rewriting,a rewrite, rather than revision, is the goal at this point. The third stage is “refuse to be done,” in which writers should revisit scenes and more carefully consider structure, chapter length, and prose style—then cut and cut some more. Bell’s cheerleading is bolstered by plenty of interviews and examples—novelist Alexis Smith, for instance, emphasizes the importance of learning what novel one is not writing—and writers intimidated by the process will find solace in the case he makes that while good writing is not easy, putting one’s whole self into a novel is an “incredible joy.” Budding novelists, take note." Rezension(3): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: February 15, 2022 Through years of meticulous reading and writing, author/educator Bell has identified a series of edits that make a novel manuscript its most compelling, ready for publication. This tight guide to rewriting focuses on persevering from draft to draft, squeezing out unnecessary filler, unhelpful backstory, and clunky prose until what remains is the shiniest, most concise telling of the story. Bell explains how to persist through a rough first draft, and how to trust that the sloppy first pass will become the polished novel the author is dreaming of. Bell advises writers to rewrite the entire draft for a second go, based on a revised outline of the evolving plot. Third passes identify strengths and weaknesses, and involve major cuts. His final message, which becomes the title of the book, is refusing to be done. There is always a scene, paragraph, or sentence that can be whittled to enhance the reader's experience of the story. If this guide is a reflection of Bell's theories at play, his readers are surely on a path to greatness. COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "
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