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't find bromides here about the "the writing Muse."
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.
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.
