• Rock Your Revisions

  • A Simple System for Revising Your Novel, Rock Your Writing, Book 2
  • By: Cathy Yardley
  • Narrated by: Cathy Yardley
  • Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (52 ratings)

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Rock Your Revisions

By: Cathy Yardley
Narrated by: Cathy Yardley
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Do you feel overwhelmed trying to revise your novel?

Faced with a hot mess of rough draft, maybe you feel confused, unsure of what to fix - or rather, what to fix first!

Editing fiction takes a slightly different mindset than writing the first rough pass of a novel. There are a lot of moving parts in a work of fiction. The trick is to not try and tackle everything at once.

Rock Your Revisions: A Simple System for Revising Your Novel will show you a clear, easy-to-follow process for editing a novel. It will help you:

  • Test for story structure on a macro level, providing detailed checklists for character and plot arcs
  • Test for story structure at the scene level, making sure each serves a purpose in the novel (and hopefully more than one!)
  • Gain insight on the mechanics of the novel - checking POV choice, dialogue, exposition vs. detail (showing versus telling), and more, with a systematic scene-by-scene approach

This audiobook goes straight to the point, putting theory in plain language, finishing each section with exercises designed to help you see how to not only edit a novel, but improve your audience's enjoyment of your book.

©2012, 2014 Cathy Yardley Wilson (P)2014 Cathy Yardley Wilson

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Don't be fooled by the brevity of this book

This book packs everything into 2 hours that you need to know about revisions. I really found it useful and took a lot of notes for myself. Narration was great. Very high quality for the price. You almost can't help but buy it.

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Clear, concise, useful

Straight to the point. Just what I needed to refresh my revision technique. Great narration, too.

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Great resource !

This book is an awesome step by step reference for revising your novel. I feel like Cathy is holding my hand while I revise and I feel less pressure to do so! I recommend this buy! I got the book and audiobook, and I don't regret it!

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Immensely helpful

I have recently finished my first novel and I have been procrastinating on starting editing.

This short book has been incredibly helpful. Cathy takes you step-by-step through her editing process with examples and tips on writing in the process.

I'm excited about using her method to tackle 90k words of editing!

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Good sensible help

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This is the first audiobook I've heard

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A lot of great information. Yardley breaks the chore down in easy steps

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Clear, concise voice. Easy to listen to.

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All aspects

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Excellent book and extremely helpful!

I had no idea I needed so much help until I read this! It's all so much easier and organized now.

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