It seems that almost as soon as the clock struck midnight on November 30 and this year’s NaNoWriMo was declared complete, the talk online turned to a single topic: Revision. There were so many posts that I compiled everything here into this Special Weekend Rerun post dedicated to revising, editing, and polishing that manuscript. A special thank you to Debbie Ridpath Ohi (@inkyelbows) who tweeted some great revision posts that have appeared in the past.

Chapter by Chapter; 10 Self-Editing Questions by Melinda Copp on Writers Sherpa

Revision – extracts from The Writing Book by Kate Grenville & Rewriting: A creative approach to writing fiction by David Michael Kaplan

Novel VII: Edit by Lynn Viehl on Paperback Writer

Self Editing by Lori Handeland on Eclectics.com

One-Pass Manuscript Revision: From First Draft to Last in One Cycle by Holly Lisle

Quick Revision Questions (Resources for Writers from Drew University) – includes a revision outline

How to Personalize Your Revision Checklist by Laura Hamby on Daily Writing Tips

10 Mistakes Writers Don’t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do) by Pat Holt on Holt Uncensored

Editing Made Easy by Lee Masterson on Fiction Factor

Revision: A Pop Quiz from Betsy Lerner

Preparing to Revise by Jill Kemerer

Directions: Write. Read. Rewrite. Repeat. from The New York Times

10 Helpful Editing Tips by Melissa Donovan at Writing Forward

The Eyes of Bob: Revising/Rewriting by Jeff Posey on Warrior Writers

A Look at Revision by Kate Monahan on MFA Confidential

Beating Revision Fatigue by Natalie Whipple – Between Fact & Fiction

A Revision Checklist from Nathan Bransford

Don’t Forget to Revise Your Characters Too by Jason Black on Plot to Punctuation (part 1 of 5-part series)
How to revise your dialogue
How to revise your characters' mannerisms

Revision Tips by Laurie Halse Anderson on Mad Woman in the Forest

The editing list that will turn a draft into a strong manuscript by Michael Pokocky on Red Room blog

Self-Editing One Step at a Time by Pat Stoley on The Blood-Red Pencil

Trimming that overstuffed manuscript down to size by Anne Mini on Author! Author!

The voice that needs to be heeded. And ignored by Elizabeth Browne
 
A Christmas Rewrite, As Dickens Edits Dickens by Alison Leigh Cowan in The New York Times

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