Review: Great literary resource
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
Write, Revise, Rejoice! by Daniel Raynes is an excellent resource for anyone who is trying to pen their first novel.  In it Raynes uses examples from other authors as well as text of his own to provide the reader of an understanding of the direction that he is trying to provide.  Raynes defines many literary terms throughout the book and provides strategies for how to get the best writing in each category. For example, Raynes made an excellent suggestion for how to get a detailed description of the setting while still being able to write your novel fluidly.  He suggested that starting with a simple sketch of the area to help you visualize it, then recording your description of it and then finally writing a detailed synopsis of the setting would help you to have details ready to go as you write your story.  An ingenious idea, and Write, Revise, Rejoice! is chocked full of them.