REVISION GUIDANCE
Turn the Draft Into the Book
Revision is where a draft reveals what it was trying to become. Work from the whole story down to the sentence so you strengthen what matters before polishing what may be cut.
REVISION 01
Begin with the whole novel
Before correcting sentences, examine the promise, character journey, structure and pacing of the complete story.
REVISION 02
Cut what weakens the experience
Overwriting often hides the strongest idea beneath explanation. Keep the details and sentences that create the clearest emotional effect.
REVISION 03
Build a practical revision process
Separate drafting from judging. Diagnose one layer at a time so revision becomes a series of answerable questions instead of one enormous problem.
Take the next useful step.
Choose the lesson that answers the problem in front of you, then bring one idea back to the page today.