Pre-planning Your Novel: Eight Steps to Avoiding
Unnecessary Revisions and Rewrites
Your manuscript is complete, but it’s full of plot holes, the big black moment is neither big nor black and your conflict disappeared in the middle of the story. You face weeks, maybe months of revisions and rewrites. In the end it all works out, but what about next time? Author, Kathleen Coddington will discuss eight steps to take before you begin your next novel that will help eliminate weeks of unnecessary revisions once it’s completed.
Kathleen Coddington is a paranormal, historical and erotic romance author. Her first book, Witch Ball was nominated for the best new paranormal romance of 2008 by Night Owl reviews. Since then she has published four other novels with Elloras Cave, Mistress of Deception, Threads of Love, Palace of Dreams and Winning Joanna. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Pocono Lehigh Romance Writers, and the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group where at various times she has served as VP, secretary and treasurer. She has presented workshops at writer’s groups and conferences. A former school librarian and Civil War Living Historian, she has published articles on mid-19th century fashion and teaches novel writing at Northampton Community College.