Nathan Bransford - Literary Agent‏/Guest Post

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Nathan Bransford – Literary Agent‏

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Guest Blog: Bryan Russell on the Architecture of RevisionPosted: 28 Jun 2010 07:58 AM PDT I’m busy trying not to melt in the New York City heat this week, and Bryan Rusell/Ink was kind enough to step in with this terrific post on revision. Bryan is Sheriff of the Forums, and blogs at The Alchemy of Writing. Enjoy! A story is a house. We use words for bricks and wood, sentences to build and frame. Rhythm gives us a roof, diction a style. Plot gives us shape and form. We hammer and nail and build. We get drywall dust in our hair, blisters on our fingers. And yet even when we’re done… we’re not done. We finish a house, maybe we even live in it awhile. But there always comes a time for revision. We paint over poor choices and design flaws, whitewash those plotholes. We spruce it up. Drapes, a good color scheme. A nice polish on the hardwood floor. Clean windows. Who doesn’t like a good view?

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