{"product_id":"surviving-revision-how-one-writer-finished-what-she-started-9781983340383","title":"Surviving Revision: How One Writer Finished What She Started","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): K. Kris Loomis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Editing \u0026amp; Proofreading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, you finished the first draft of your novel. Yay! Now what?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurviving Revision: How One Writer Finished What She Started\u003c\/i\u003e is a humorous first-hand account of a first-time novelist grappling with how to turn her disheveled vomit draft into a novel someone besides her mother might want to read.\u003cbr\u003e Unruly characters, infuriating loglines, wayward settings and haphazard props provide stumbling blocks and \"ah-ha\" moments like: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA character's first impression is a promise you make to your reader.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust because you call something a scene doesn't make it a scene.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt's an author's job to save her story, not her characters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour main character is not the protagonist in every scene, but...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery scene needs a protagonist (and an antagonist!).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWallpaper should be hung after the tub is ripped out and replaced.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccidental discoveries, astonishing surprises, and amazing improvements lurk between these pages, and by the end of the book, you will be convinced that you, too, can revise your own work into something you can be proud of!\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurviving Revision\u003c\/i\u003e provides a peek behind the curtain as one writer tackles revision head on so that she can finish what she started. \u003cbr\u003eNeed a kick in the pants to get your revision efforts off the ground? Purchase \u003ci\u003eSurviving Revision: How One Writer Finished What She Started\u003c\/i\u003e and get inspired today!\u003cbr\u003eK. Kris Loomis is the author of the novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Sinking of Bethany Ann Crane\u003c\/i\u003e and the short story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Monster in the Closet and Other Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as the humorous travel memoir, \u003ci\u003eThirty Days In Quito: Two Gringos and a Three-Legged Cat Move to Ecuador.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eKris has also written three books about yoga: \u003ci\u003eHow to Sneak More Yoga Into Your Life: A Doable Yoga Plan for Busy People, How to Sneak More Meditation Into Your Life: A Doable Meditation Plan for Busy People, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAfter Namaste: Off-the-Mat Musings of a Modern Yogini!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGet a FREE short story at www.kkrisloomis.com! You can find Kris on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @kkrisloomis.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45535089590423,"sku":"9781983340383","price":882.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781983340383.webp?v=1767113341","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/surviving-revision-how-one-writer-finished-what-she-started-9781983340383","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}