Manuscript Repair & Rewrite #20

This Manuscript Repair & Rewrite session is packed with training. I overhaul a nonfiction first page, but you’ll find value here even if you write fiction.

This session shows why it’s critical that:

1. Your anecdote fully supports your message
2. You’ve communicated so clearly your reader can’t misunderstand
3. You include evidence compelling enough that you don’t have to resort to a heavy-handed application

Watch now to learn:

• How to best connect with your reader
• How to spot and omit subtle redundancies and other needless words
• How to avoid preachiness by using the Come-Alongside method
• To show rather than tell
• How to transform passive prose into active
• And much more

A challenge

See how much you’ve learned since joining the Guild by trying to spot my suggested changes before I reveal them.

After downloading the documents below, click the bar on the left to see the edits.