The "If Only" Project:
Students of the course Editing The
Novel, given by Bonnee Pierson, editor at the e-publisher Dreams-Unlimited.com
should read and study the "If Only" Project -- a set of
documents culminating in a novel published by Awe-Struck E-Books in summer 2000
titled WYSIWYG. 
"If Only" is a Contemporary Romance structured around an
online email love affair. If you dislike Romance genre, this is a
good book to study -- you will have more clinical distance on the
material.
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Read the
(ARC)
(one-file, 3-4 minute download at 28,800) of the novel entitled
If Only by Rennee Austin. It was distributed by the publisher, Awe-Struck E-Books to reviewer
Jacqueline Lichtenberg for
her column
in the Monthly Aspectarian.
With the permission of the author and publisher, this rough draft
has been made available here for free reading (only until July 30th,
2000 -- watch WorldCrafters-l newsletter for announcement of when
that original draft may be restored) as part of WorldCrafters Guild's
program of free textbooks. It does not closely resemble the published
version which is longer.
- Read the Review
of the ARC by Jacqueline Lichtenberg
- Read the reply
to that review by the author of the novel If Only.
- Go to Awe-Struck E-Books and buy a copy of the completed,
published novel, WYSIWYG
from the Awe-Struck Ennoble line. (e-books are not expensive)
The book was rewritten to take Lichtenberg's editorial commentary
into account. Compare the ARC, the comments, and the completed
product.
- Watch writers-l and WorldCrafters-L for further postings
regarding the "If Only" Project.
- Students Registered in WorldCrafters Guild may post commentary
on this project to simegen@simegen.com
for possible posting here. If you apply what you've
learned to a novel of your own in progress, we'd like to know about
it.
- The "If Only Project" will become part of the
course on Re-Writing to Editorial Suggestion, so if you buy the
e-book, be sure to save it for that course. We hope to build a
similar presentation around the Dreams-Unlimited.com
publication Born
of Fire
by Sherrilyn Kenyon, one of the homework assignments for the
Editing course on the techniques of World Building in
sf/f.
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