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Exercise #497

Exercise #497: Craft
Posted  12/7/12

For today's exercise, give us your best revision tip.

So I’ve got 50,000 words from participating in National Novel Writing Month and I know I need to go back and revise it into something people can actually read. But how? Where do I start? How do I make a legible manuscript out of this lengthy mess?

Share your tips for revision; what works, what doesn’t.

Critiquers, along with the usual grammar, spelling, etc, review, consider these questions:
     * Was this piece helpful to you as a writer?
     * Why or why not?

 Word limit: 750
Please use the subject line
       SUB: Exercise #497/yourname

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