How to Revise a Novel • My revision process, how to fix a broken plot, Scrivener set up, and MORE
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- I said I would make a video on how to revise a novel and here she is! I'm absolutely not trying to position myself as any kind of expert or professional, I'm just sharing my revision process, what I've learned in trying to revise 10+ novels, how I have my Scrivener document set up, and potential problems you might find within your own plot or characters.
I hope this is helpful! Please let me know if you have other questions, want more of an explanation of something I mentioned, or have any other tips, tricks, or suggestions for how to tackle revising a novel.
Here are ALL the resources (videos, blog posts, craft books) I mentioned in the video. I'd definitely recommend checking them out for additional insight!
• Alexa Donne: • Revising Your Novel: W...
• Michelle Schusterman: • Revising Your FIRST Fi...
• Shalin Writes:
• 14 Revision Tips! | Ho...
• The Five Principles of...
• My Revision Process | ...
• The Three Planes of a ...
• 15 Questions to Ask Wh...
• 16 Questions to Ask Wh...
• Abbie Emmons: • How to REVISE a Novel ...
• Susan Dennard's revision guide: stdennard.substack.com/p/a-gu...
• Creating Character Arcs (K.M. Weiland): amzn.to/3VGupXg
• The Emotional Craft of Fiction (Donald Maass): amzn.to/3Xq5IQ5
• The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/4c502Qa
• Download the Character Profile Questionnaire here: drive.google.com/file/d/1XgRB...
• More great resources from the folks at Writers Helping Writers: writershelpingwriters.net/wri...
• Critique Partner Match Up: • The Great Critique Par...
~ T I M E S T A M P S ~
00:00 Introduction
01:15 Other resources
02:41 Revision advice overview
04:44 How I revise my projects
15:04 What is a "draft?"
16:27 Scrivener set up & some viewer questions
20:58 Organizing your documents & Outlining
23:41 Plot issues your WIP may have
32:13 Character issues your WIP may have
40:03 Viewer questions
46:19 Conclusion (finally lol)
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Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in life, is your friend in writing. Tobias Wolff
"Research canes"
I love how detailed your notes are!!!
I'm with you - I have never truly managed to separate things out...closest I've got is making a change that needs to propogate through a book (one of my characters was Italian and I needed to make him Scottish), so I go through looking for all of those moments!
This video is AWESOME - such a motivating one to watch too. I'm so close to finishing the first draft of my Christmas shenanigans...and then I'll be up to my ears in dev edits for my YA heist - and self edits for the Christmas. You're making me excited to get theree!
LOL I doubt so many of the details I add and then I'm looking up ridiculous stuff like "what kinds of walking canes did people have in Regency England?" like, NO ONE CARES, MEREDITH 😅
Thanks for watching! I know you'll crush the revisions for your (now-famous) heist novel haha
Thank you Meredith! I really liked your point about how every scene needs a goal, a motivation, a conflict and a stake. A great reminder!!
Thanks for watching!! And yes, I have to constantly remind myself about those four key things, which seem relatively simple, but it's so easy to let them fall by the wayside.
Very thorough, WOW! Still pantsing my way through the 1st edit, but I DID put together an outline of sorts so I would remember what-went-where. I literally had forgotten all kinds of stuff from the beginning of the story when I went back to it for the first time. Also, I made separate Word docs for "Deletes" for each Part in the book -- took stuff out, but threw it in "Deletes" in case I decided I needed it after all. Now I am editing Part 3, but ADDING MORE THINGS, so now I'm thinking instead of four Parts, it will have to be FIVE Parts, because Part 3 all by itself is 45K+ words. Haha, a lot happens in that Part! 😁 Another funny: Dad read Parts 1 & 2 and said they were "fine." He also told me I had to cut a lot of the Latin words for stuff -- too confusing. Maybe it's just him?? 🤣 No, he's probably right! But THANK YOU for all these great tips and ideas, because I am still amazed I've gotten even this far, and your advice is helping me to manage/handle it.
hahaha your book is probably the first fiction work he's read since high school, so "fine" seems like a decent assessment 😂
Glad the video was helpful! There's definitely a lot to keep track of during revisions.
Wow! Thank you for taking the time to share such great information with us, Meredith! ❤
I'm glad it was helpful!!
I know this video is about the revision process, but it actually helped me realise some stuff that'd be great to consider or maybe even fully figure out before starting my first draft 😅 Love this video, it's much appreciated!!!
Yes, you could definitely use a lot of this in the planning stages! I certainly try to. I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😊
*cries in 110K and 50%* Thanks for giving us insight into your process. I follow a lot of those creators already but you still gave me a couple of good/new ideas. 😊
hahaha 110k as your midpoint word count is a lot to keep track of!!
@@MeredithPhillipsWrites oh yes it is but it's a Future Me problem so I keep going LOL
Thank you Meredith! Very helpful video :)
This is awesome! I've really enjoyed some of the references you mentioned, but some are new to me! Excited to do some further research on this. Happy revisions
Thanks 😊 I'm sure there are a _ton_ more resources I could have listed, but you can only do so much at once, right?
That's one more successful revision than I've done. :D Thans for the tips!
Thanks for watching!
This was very helpful. Thank you for sharing your experience! :)
Thanks! I’m glad it was helpful 😊
This was really informative and yeah I only outline when it comes to revising and it very much makes the process so much easier even then it takes a very long time for me to feel like I'm doing it right! 😅
haha I still don't feel like I do much of this "right," I'm just flailing around 😂
@@MeredithPhillipsWrites I’d say it gets better, but spoiler, it doesn’t 😂 I’ve been doing this for so many years and more books than I care to admit, and I’m still just flailing around!
Excellent video! Thank you for all the helps 😊
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful 😊
Really great and helpful ! Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Now I'm interested in corn laws of 1850....
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