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Cut It Out

Posted by Shonna Slayton  Published in Craft

My summer project is to edit last year’s NaNo novel. These are my revision steps:
 
1.      Plot Inventory
2.      Fill out my Plot Chart (Hero’s Journey-type chart –I combined various terminologies on one 8.5 x 11 page; laminated so I can write on it.)
3.      Fill in missing scenes.
4.      EDITS (Margie Lawson’s system)– deep editing on the [...]

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