The "How To Revise Your Novel" Contest Blog

Things That Have Been Done To Death

Holly Lisle — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:07:58 +0000

Don’t let this happen to you… Revise your novel!

NB: This is my first ever attempt at movie-making. I found out about the competition yesterday and had to learn super-fast

I used the free service at http://www.xtranormal.com/ to make the movie itself and then Windows Movie Maker to add title, captions and credits.

Grand Prize Winner: First Draft FAIL #92

Holly Lisle — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:04:40 +0000

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“A recently rescued princess and her companions meet a mysterious stranger in the woods… and they all have more in common than one might expect.

I spaced out and put not-made-by-me music to it last time, so I don’t know whether or not HL will accept this for the contest now that I’ve re-posted it with made-by-me music… but anyway, I hope you all enjoy it!

Written and Directed by Paige R.

Starring various members of the FA
with special guest star Holly’s Dad as The Hermit

Music & Sound Effects
1) Winter Wood (cc) – composed and performed by Paige R. (recorded and mixed using Garage Band)
2) Mystery Accents 02 – iLife Sound Effects
3) Mastermind – iLife Sound Effects
All other sound effects recorded by Paige R.

I’m very sorry it’s so fuzzy. I spent a week trying to upload it at a higher quality, to no avail.
My heartfelt thanks goes out to the everyone who helped to bring this project to life – for their time and their enthusiasm; for their acting talent; for the use of their props, costumes, and various skills; and, of course, for their delightful company.
Long live the inestimable, the inimitable, the incorrigible FA!”

Scholarship Winner: Flight of the Naysayer, by CeruleanSon

Holly Lisle — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:05:49 +0000

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Listen… carefully.

Scholarship Winner: Detective Disaster #20, by pqr780

Holly Lisle — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:23:04 +0000

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“A pulp noir detective discovers first draft novel disaster #20 the hard way.”

Revision Problem #18: Who Cares?, by Miekc85

Holly Lisle — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:08:57 +0000

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“How to fail at dialogue, even if it’s realistic.”

This Way And That, by Ivye

Holly Lisle — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:35:58 +0000

Video pulled at creator’s request.

Ivye’s entry for Holly Lisle’s “How To Revise Your Novel” contest.
Sometimes things just, er… grow limbs.

Scholarship Winner: NaNovelist Woes, by LauraRainbowDragon

Holly Lisle — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:42:19 +0000

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The story of a girl, a dream, a challenge, a trauma, and light at the end of the tunnel.

Images by Laura Rainbow Dragon.

Text written and performed by Laura Rainbow Dragon.

http://rainbowdragon.ca

Music is from Torley Wong’s “The Final Selection”. http://www.archive.org/details/Torley…
Composed and performed by Torley Wong.
Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.

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(Thanks Torley!)

This video is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Canada license.

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Scholarship Winner: Vicky And Mike Attempt To Save The World (Revision Disaster #5), by Kittiewan

Holly Lisle — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:39:06 +0000

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101 thingst that can go wrong in first drafts: Disaster #5: Vicky and Mike attempt to save the world without a lot of details.

Problem 93: Pardon?, by tekiegirl

Holly Lisle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:05:20 +0000

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Problem 93 of the 101 Worst Problems With First Drafts: Pardon?

The Manuscript, by CatGerlach

Holly Lisle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:10:21 +0000

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In a first draft there are lots of things that can go wrong. Don’t be satisfied with it. Revise your novel.

My kids had a lot of fun helping with the creation of this video. They got laughing fits when they saw the result. There also is a German version called “Das Manuskript”