CONTENTS — REVISION IS A PROCESS
Section 1 - An Overview of Revision is a Process
The Process
Section 2 - Suggestions for How to Revise
Eye-Brain Coordination
That First Read Through
Section 3 - The Big Picture, Chapter by Chapter Revelations
Chapter by Chapter Summary or Outline
The Prologue
Timelines
Section 4 - The Big Picture, POV-Viewpoint
Characters Per Story Cheat Sheet
Section 5 - The Big Picture, Plot
Section 6 - Characters Who Matter
Section 7 - Show Don't Tell, What to Cut or Change
No Laundry List Descriptions
The Mundane, The Ordinary
The General and the Generic
Brand Names
The Rule of Three
Section 8 - Show Don't Tell, Adding Essentials
Sensory Perceptions
Section 9 - Show Don't Tell, Dialogue
Skewed Paragraphing
Said is not Dead
Dialogue Mechanics
Section 10 - Special Checks
Section 11 - Grammar Glitches & Punctuation Pitfalls
Grammar Glitches
Weasel Words
Homonyms and Homophones
Punctuation Pitfalls
Punctuation Marks
Symbols
The Comma Trauma
Section 12 - Read it Again
REVISION — MASTER CHEAT SHEETS
Bonus
About the Author
Writing Courses offered by Catherine E. McLean
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