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Sharelle Byars Moranville

Sharelle Byars Moranville

Eleven Points of Revision in Fiction
One-Week Workshop
July 12–17

Biography

Eleven Points of Revision in Fiction
One-Week Workshop
July 12–17

If writing is good, revision is better. It’s the opportunity to reflect back on a cast of characters and their lives as they are lived out on the pages of our novels or short stories and sharpen the focus before the manuscript goes to an agent or editor. Do the characters indeed come to life and hold the reader in the story? Often we don’t quite achieve that in our first finished draft. In this workshop, we’ll be looking at eleven points of revision (and maybe more), and you’ll be applying these concepts to your manuscript. You will need to bring with you a completed first draft of either a novel or a short story. Class sessions will involve presenting your manuscript in discussion format—i.e., telling the class about the characters, the conflicts, the setting, the themes, etc.—as well as providing short samples of writing. A typical class will involve a discussion of one or more of the Eleven Points of Revision (often with a supporting in-class exercise). Then we’ll work with your project, applying these principles. Out-of-class assignments will require reading and critiquing short selections from other students’ manuscripts, as well as revising your own manuscript.

Biography
Sharelle Byars Moranville’s first novel, Over the River (2002), was a Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth and a finalist for the Iowa Children’s Choice Award. A Higher Geometry (2006) was a Bank Street College of Education Best Book and a Booklist Top 10 Youth Romance. Moranville’s most recent young adult novel, The Snows, was released in August, 2007. She holds a Ph.D. in English literature and has taught at various colleges and universities.


 


 

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Last updated on February 10, 2009