Revising prose fiction depends on defamiliarization—seeing the work afresh—as well as recognizing and refining elements and threads that have emerged unconsciously in the first draft. Alongside practical advice for redrafting prose, I’ll suggest some ways that the novel's inheritance from the tradition of Greek tragedy might guide us through this process.
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