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    Ink Blot raindog308's Avatar
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    Looking for a book on polishing/perfecting scenes in a novel

    I'm working on a novel and am at the point where the skeleton of my story is solid and I'm pretty happy with the latest draft. What I'd like to do now is look at each scene and really perfect it - entrance into the scene, dialogue within it, how the scene itself flows, how we transition to the next scene, etc.

    I thought one of the dozens of writing books I've read over the years had a good section on this, but I can't find it now.

    Anyone know of a good book that discusses this at length? Hopefully my question makes sense

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    Try this one: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Browne and King.

    (Pretty sure I got that recommendation from someone else on this board...)
    ...you can never be sure
    you die without knowing
    whether anything you wrote was any good
    if you have to be sure don't write


    from "Berryman," W.S. Merwin

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    Try Writing the Blockbuster Novel by Alber Zuckerman

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