Nova Ren Suma is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of The Walls Around Us and A Room Away from the Wolves, both finalists for an Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel.
On her Instagram feed recently, Nova posted this advice, which I share here with her kind permission:
When feeling intimidated or overwhelmed about a novel revision, here’s a re-visioning revision technique I just tried out on myself late last night:
Before starting a deep revision, before re-outlining or anything else…
1) Write/revise a new opening paragraph or two.
2) Then, leap all the way to the end and write a brand-new final paragraph, imagining you made all the changes you and your editor (or readers) want, even the ones that feel like a tangled nest of questions at the moment.
It feels like manifesting the future from dust into something tangible. Magic.
Certainly worth trying! Thanks, Nova!
Learn more at Nova's website here.
Illustrate, Translate, and Write On,
Lee
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