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The Four Draft Process : A Way of Writing Fiction
77 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 31, 2011
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About the author
Christopher Rae
16 books5 followersChristopher Rae was born in Glasgow, but having arrived in Yorkshire at the age of 5, after a detour via London, feels justified in claiming to be a native. A first degree in History from the University of Sussex was forgotten for a number of years while he pursued a career at the bleeding edge of information technology, but now provides the experience and knowledge behind the exhaustive research which underpins his writing.
Whether it is the 15th century, or the 17th, Christopher's writing seeks to evoke a sense of period which is both fascinating and compelling for the reader.
'To some people the attempt to "fill in the gaps in the sparsely chronicled past", as Schama described it, is folly. But for others it is an essential component of the civilised mind's struggle to understand the world, for if we cannot understand the past we can never hope to understand the present. These people understand very well the difference between a work of history and a work of historical fiction, but also understand the light that can be shed on the dry bones of the historical account by the judicious use of an imaginative hypothesis.'
Whether it is the 15th century, or the 17th, Christopher's writing seeks to evoke a sense of period which is both fascinating and compelling for the reader.
'To some people the attempt to "fill in the gaps in the sparsely chronicled past", as Schama described it, is folly. But for others it is an essential component of the civilised mind's struggle to understand the world, for if we cannot understand the past we can never hope to understand the present. These people understand very well the difference between a work of history and a work of historical fiction, but also understand the light that can be shed on the dry bones of the historical account by the judicious use of an imaginative hypothesis.'
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February 11, 2015
Only about a quarter of the book is actually about the FDP. On the other hand, the rest of the book contains a lot of useful information and advice. It's not unique, but it's still a good reminder for people like me who forget from one book to the next what I should be doing.
(Edited 11.02.2015)
I went back to this book as I'm on the point of editing the first manuscript I wrote, which I haven't touched for over a year. One thing that resonated with me is the way, at each step, you're adding to your manuscript rather than taking away. I tend to write short, and the idea of hacking bits out of something that's only 40k words to start with is slightly worrying. So, on to Draft 2.
(Edited 11.02.2015)
I went back to this book as I'm on the point of editing the first manuscript I wrote, which I haven't touched for over a year. One thing that resonated with me is the way, at each step, you're adding to your manuscript rather than taking away. I tend to write short, and the idea of hacking bits out of something that's only 40k words to start with is slightly worrying. So, on to Draft 2.
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