title: Fiction First Aid: Instant Remedies for Novels, Stories, and Scripts
author:  Raymond Obstfeld 
description: Every writer struggles with spots that "just aren't working" in their manuscript. No other book on the market approaches works like Fiction First Aid does, which quickly shows how seemingly fatal errors can become both manageable and fixable. Novice and more experienced writers alike will appreciate the book's techniques for identifying and revising weaknesses in their work. Fiction First Aid shows how to repair those wounded manuscripts through easy-to-follow steps, patterned after those found in your typical first-aid manual: 1) Diagnose the problem; 2) Suggest specific remedies; 3) Prescribe therapies to avoid the problem in the future; It couldn't be any easier!
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  Text copyright © May 2016 Emily Windsor
  
  All Rights Reserved
  
  This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places and incidents are
  products of the author’s imagination. All characters are fictitious and any
  resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
  
  This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner
  whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the
  use of brief quotations in book reviews.
  
  Cover design by Melody Simmons
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  [Text copyright](index_split_001.html#filepos385)
  
  Table of Contents
  
  [Chapter One](index_split_003.html#filepos2835)
  
  [Chapter Two](index_split_004.html#filepos15829)
  
  [Chapter Three](index_split_005.html#filepos44840)
  
  [Chapter Four](index_split_006.html#filepos66468)
  
  [Chapter Five](index_split_007.html#filepos88206)
  
  [Chapter Six](index_split_008.html#filepos100823)
  
  [Chapter Seven](index_split_009.