Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
by Renni Browne and Dave King
Two editors on the mechanics of revision: show and tell, characterisation, point of view, dialogue mechanics, interior monologue, beats, repetition, proportion. Checklist-driven and the most immediately applicable fiction craft book.
Read it if…
you have a draft and need to fix it yourself.
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Skip it if…
you have no draft yet.
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Three things you will actually use
- Resist the urge to explain.
- Beats replace adverbs.
- Proportion tells the reader what matters.
Do this first
Run the dialogue mechanics checklist on one scene.
Our verdict
The revision checklist.
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