***The following is an example of a potential revision breakdown by chapter. Start your own breakdown by removing the below examples, listing out your chapters, and adding the scenes within each chapter. During the first read-through of your novel, you can add changes/edits you would like to make to each chapter. Then, during the editing process, you can follow the breakdown and cross things off the list once they’ve been completed.

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**** This is where you can link the docs you will be using during revision. I like to use Google Docs with a Grammarly Chrome Add-On during the revision process so I typically link my Google Docs/Folders here.*

• Project Folder: LINK
• Master - Writing: LINK
• Master - Unused Scenes: LINK

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**** This is where you can name the scenes that currently exist in each chapter and list the changes that need to be made. I find it easiest to list the large/overall changes I want to make in the “Need To Add” section and then disperse them between the chapters in the “Breakdown” section*

• Prologue
  • Scenes: Scene A
  • [ ] ADD: Character A doing X, Y, Z
  • [ ]
• Ch 1
  • Scenes: Scene B, Scene C
  • [x] ADD: Character C does action (get details about x, y, z)
  • [x] REMOVE: scene B
  • [ ]
• Ch 2
  • Scenes:
  • [ ] DELETE CHAPTER
• Ch 3
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 4
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 5
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 6
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 7
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 8
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 9
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 10
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 11
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 12
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 13
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 14
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 15
  • Scenes:
  • [ ]
• Ch 16
• Ch 17
• Ch 18
• Ch 19
• Ch 20
• Ch 21
• Ch 22
• Ch 23
• Ch 24
• Ch 25
• Ch 26
• Ch 27
• Ch 28
• Ch 29
• Ch 30
• Ch 31
• Ch 32
• Ch 33
• Ch 34
• Ch 35
• Ch 36
• Ch 37
• Ch 38
• Ch 39
• Epilogue

<aside> <img src="/icons/notification_gray.svg" alt="/icons/notification_gray.svg" width="40px" /> NEED TO ADD

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**** This is where you’ll add things that you need to move between scenes/chapters, things that are currently missing from the story that need to be added, and consistency reminders. These are large, overarching changes.*

• [ ] Character A’s love of martial arts
• [ ] Emphasize Society’s reaction to Character B’s action/Appearance
• [ ] Include the magic system and its impact on society
• [x] Character C’s love of history
• [x] Combine fight scenes

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**** This is where you can put down thoughts, reminders, notes, etc, while you’re revising*

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**** This is where you can keep track of the day/time/season/etc, of each scene or chapter. This helps remove any consistency issues while revising.*

• Prologue
• Ch 1
• Ch 2
• Ch 3
• Ch 4