Sherry-Anne's first how-to book, Introduction to Romance Writing, is now in third edition. This one will be even more popular, as it provides an invaluable guide for writers from those just beginning to those on the verge of publication. Can you afford to be without it?

'Sherry-Anne's distinctive 'voice' and her evident love of writing make working through this book like having your own personal writing tutor. Plotting and Editing is a valuable addition to any fiction writer's library and an essential one for unpublished fiction writers.'
The Romantic Times, Australia
 
Plotting and Editing
Find out about the linked skills of plotting and editing, from getting ideas, right through developing them, then refining and polishing them. An international novelist shares her skills and understanding, giving you a step by step guide to the processes involved in plotting and editing a novel.

By applying the techniques outlined in this book, you'll be able to make sure your manuscript is as good as you can make it before you submit it.

An additional bonus is that fifteen published authors offer their best plotting and editing tips, including bestselling writer Nora Roberts.

Contains

  • Definitions
  • Explanations of the plotting and editing processes
  • Practical exercises to develop your skills
  • Ideas for how to feed and strengthen your imagination
  • Analysis of the main components of a plot
  • Discussion of genre, length and plot complexity
  • Examples of plotting from the author's own published novels, showing how and why changes occurred
  • Guide to the differing skills of plotting beginnings, middles and ends
  • First drafts
  • Final polishing
  • Judging the standard of your work
  • Wise advice from published writers
Plotting and Editing, by Sherry-Anne Jacobs is the finest book of its kind I've EVER read, and I've read a bunch of them. If you buy only one how-to book this year, make sure it's Plotting and Editing.

Anne Manning, author of Raven's Lady and The Rustler's Bride
Plotting and Editing can be ordered from the Australian Online Bookshop at a price of about A$30 including postage.
Plotting and Editing © Sherry-Anne Jacobs 1998 ISBN 0 7307 1400 4