The Rewritten Word: How to Sculpt Literary Art, No Matter the Genre

By Aggie Villanueva

The only How-to-Write book that has nothing to do with writing. It's all about rewriting. Whittle away what buries the art of your words beneath pulp, no matter the topic, no matter the genre.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aggie Villanueva
• Release date: Oct 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9780982591437

Aggie Villanueva

Aggie’s how-to, The Rewritten Word, held multiple Amazon category bestseller status for over nineteen months (and still holding), and Amazon Categories Create Best Sellers hit multiple category bestseller three days after release at Kindle.Published at Thomas Nelson before age 30, award-winning author Aggie Villanueva is now a self-published fiction & nonfiction author at Amazon/Kindle with The Rewritten Word (won the 2011 Global eBooks award in Writing/Publishing), Rightfully Mine and Amazon Categories Create Best Sellers, all of which reached bestseller in multiple categories shortly after release, and also ranking in multiple categories of Amazon’s Top Rated, Hot New Releases and Tag Communities lists.Aggie founded Promotion á la Carte, author promotional services July 2010 and 6 months later was voted #2 at Preditors & Editors in Promotion, and #4 in 2011. My Book Marketing Systems, her sister company saves authors $100s - $1,000s, allowing them entry into the author app mobile market. She teaches author promotion across the Web.Villanueva is also an award-winning critically acclaimed photographic artist represented by galleries nationwide, including Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ. Contact Villanueva at [e-mail].

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The Rewritten Word: How to Sculpt Literary Art, No Matter the Genre

Aggie Villanueva

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Copyright 2010 Aggie Villanueva

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ISBN E-Book 978-0-9825914-3-7

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Table of Contents

Note to Readers

Note about Examples Used Throughout

Introduction: Don’t Taint My Talent

Lesson One: Organization

Lesson Two: Verboten Verbosity

Lesson Three: Actively Rewrite

Lesson Four: Lightning and the Lightning Bug

Lesson Five: A Few Facts on Fiction

Additional Resources

Author Biography

Note to Readers

Before you begin reading, make sure to write an article or chapter or choose from something you’ve already written. You will apply the assignments at the end of each chapter to the same piece throughout.

This workbook is not how to produce en masse for submission to article directory engines, becoming an instant expert. That writing has its place, but I’m talking about how to rewrite until your work shines as literary art, fact or fiction, print or electronic.

Why is producing literary art so important? Because of The Reader. Everything is for The Reader. One sentence of verbose rambling can drive The Reader away. Readers are not only intelligent, but busy. Too busy to read 500 words when 200 would say it.

Some complain this busy lifestyle shackles the artistic bard. On the contrary, it demands writers take the time to polish work to precise perfection. This crafting of every word creates literary art. It demands less of the readers’ time, much more of our own. Perhaps that’s the root of our complaints.

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"What is written without effort is

Reviews for The Rewritten Word

[vlarocca0129_2481515 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent book on the rewriting process that is both concise and warm in tone. It is a short page turner that packs a punch. Great work.

[darcia_10 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The Rewritten Word is a brilliant little book! Villanueva tackles the "how-to" subject of writing with concise examples, lessons and exercises designed to help both the novice and established author. The information can be applied to fiction and nonfiction, as well as full length books, articles and essays. This is not a dry read or boring guide. Villanueva entertains while she goes about demonstrating her points. A must for anyone looking to make his or her writing more dynamic.