Revision

The Art & Craft of Story: 2nd Practitioner’s Manual, La Favorita Press, September 30, 2011

PART 4: REVISION

Chapter 25: Writing and Rewriting with Franz Kafka

Chapter 26: Vision & Revision: the Story You Need to Tell

Rethinking Motivation—Character Arc
Reorganizing Events—Narrative Arc
Re-ignoring Theme

Chapter 27: Reshuffling Your Deck—Planning the Revision

Brainstorming
Overall Organization
Scene-by-Scene Arc
Intuition
Having Fun
Staying in Motion
Resting When Necessary
Rewriting Out of Chronology
Taking Notes
A Word of Warning about Resolution

Chapter 28: Spiraling Up the Helix—Multiple Drafts

First Draft
Second Draft
Third Draft
Nth Draft
Final Draft

Chapter 29: Going Beyond the Beyond

CONCLUSION

Riding Out the Winter of Our Discontent