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What chapter XII of Barrett's Short Story Writing says about work habits and revision
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A documentary note for fiction writers and editors on one chapter of a 1890s book on the short story, covering work habits, a note book, resting a draft and a final word-by-word check. Each point is the author's own claim, restated and untested, and the rest of the book is not covered.
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What chapter XII of Barrett's Short Story Writing says about work habits and revision
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A documentary note for fiction writers and editors on one chapter of a 1890s book on the short story, covering work habits, a note book, resting a draft and a final word-by-word check. Each point is the author's own claim, restated and untested, and the rest of the book is not covered.
Useful starting points
- The chapter advises putting a finished draft away unread for a week or longer before reworking it.
- It treats a last test of every paragraph, sentence and word as the real work of revision.
- Its remarks on magazine rules and manuscript form describe the book's own period, not current practice.
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