Once I have a first draft, I like to use an outline to help me see the progression of the book. Many times while I’m writing a first draft I’m tempted to go back and revise, but I know if I keep doing that, I’ll never finish.ĭo you have a favorite revision strategy that helps with any particular Write? Or all at once after you’ve finished a draft?Īll at once after I finish a draft.
Hi, Jo! So…how do you tackle the revision process? A little at a time as you This is one I’ll be thinking about for a long, long time – and a book that I think will be an amazing choice for teen book clubs and literature circles when it comes out this summer.Īs of this week…PEARL is out! And Jo is here today to talk about revision… It is a book that believes in love, too…even after years have passed.
It’s a book about the cost of keeping secrets, trouble that turns beautiful, and painful truths that make room for love. It’s peopled with characters so rich, so beautifully imperfect, that it’s hard to believe they’re not real. PEARL is so many things… it’s part family drama, part romance, and part mystery. But when Gus dies, family secrets fly like milkweed fluff in the wind, and everything is different – Pearl’s relationship with her mother, her friendship with Henry, and her image of the grandfather she thought she knew. She hangs out with her best friend Henry and watches Days of Our Lives with his mom. Pearl Collatti has lived a pretty mundane life with her mom and grandfather, Gus. This book keeps its secrets close to its heart, so I’m going to tell you only what I can without giving them away. Jo Knowles is one of the smartest, kindest people I’ve ever met, and I loved her first two books, so I wasn’t surprised when this one crept quietly up and swept me away, too. Today…Jo Knowles, whose newest YA novel PEARL is…well…I gushed about it when I was lucky enough to read an ARC this spring. Since most of the author interviews in the book are with middle grade writers, I wanted to feature some authors of my favorite YA novels in this series. I’m celebrating with a series of author interviews on the topic of real revision…the nitty gritty, make-the-book-better strategies that some of my favorite authors use when they’re revising a project. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that my first book for teachers, REAL REVISION: AUTHORS’ STRATEGIES TO SHARE WITH STUDENT WRITERS, was released from Stenhouse this summer.
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