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Kids' Book Revisions -  Workshops, Webinars, and Manuscript Help with renown editorial consultants Emma Dryden, Eileen Robinson, and Harold Underdown. What makes Kids Book Revisions Plus collaboration remarkable is that the three have known each other their entire careers--they're friends as much as we are colleagues.   

They all love the work they do helping authors deepen their craft to create their strongest manuscripts possible. Join them in consultation, in a workshop, or joining hangouts talking about revision.

General Articles

Editing and Revising Picture Books

Picture Book Revision Takes 25 Years

Harold Underdown's Revision Recommendations 

Writing Insights Part Three: The Revision Process

Cutting Open the Sausage: A Hard Look at Rewriting

From the Editor: Getting Ahead with Revisions

Harold Underdown & Eileen Robinson: Top 10 Reasons You Need to Revise Your Manuscript

What to Do After Finishing Your First Draft

Kate Messner's Revisions Charts

How to Revise a First Draft (5 Novel Revision Tips)

2 Amazing Ways To Revise Your Novel (And When To Use Them)

A Month of Revision (great tips and links)

How to Stop Writing a Novel

A 7-Step Guide to Big Picture Revisions.

7 Steps for Tackling a Revise & Resubmit (R&R)

How Do I Decide Whether to Revise My Manuscript?

Handling Editorial Feedback Without Getting Overwhelmed

The First Draft is Always the Hardest (And Why You Shouldn't Fear Starting Over)

How to Start Revising Your First Draft - Harold Underdown

How I Revise and Edit Later Drafts

Picture Book Revisions

Revision 911 For Picture Books

Favorite Picture Book Revision Tips

A Picture Book Editing Checklist

Jane Yolen: How to Revise Picture Books

Self Editing Part 2: Tools and Resources for Picture Book Authors

Favorite Picture Book Revision Tips

Beta Readers

The Brutal Truth about Beta Readers

A Quick Guide to Beta Reader Etiquette

Editing

4 Levels of Editing Explained: Which Level Does Your Book Need?

Cut it Out: Self-Editing Basics

Edits, Editors, Editings: The Secret Weapon of Every Successful Writer 

Solutions for the Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and More - An Interview with Editor Emma D. Dryden

Self-Editing Basics: 10 Simple Ways to Edit Your Own Book 

Overused Words You Should and Shouldn't Delete

Emma Dryden on Putting Your Internal Editor in a Time Out

The Second Draft

When Writing, How Do You Know When Enough is Enough

Self Editing? Look for these 5 Common Problems

Slowly, Step by Step (Advice from Avi)

The Ultimate Guide to Editing a Book

Cutting Words

Polishing Your Prose: Tips for Self Editing

How to Diagnose Big Picture Problems in Your Novel

How to Move from First Draft to Second Draft to Publishable Book

Tips for Cutting Words

Helpful Editing Resources (a great list!)

What to Cut When Your Book is Too Long

Is Your Story Too Complicated?

How to Self Edit Your Novel

Tightening Your Prose: Part 1

Choosing an Editor

Find and Delete These Phrases from Your Novel

Desmond Drops: The Reverse Outline

Editorial Process at Publisher

What is the Editing Process Look Like? (in traditional publishing)

So, You Got an Edit Letter. Now What?

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