He says he gets too confused reading stories told out of sequence.

I thought it might make it more intriguing, but, in the end, we went back to the chronological version.) My father is happy that we did. (Even though, for one rewrite, I convinced her to let me try it backwards, first Zoe, then Natasha, then Daria. The first change my editor made was for me to restructure so that we got all of Daria’s story, then all of Natasha’s, then all of Zoe’s. Chapter One: Daria 1934, Chapter Two: Natasha 1973, Chapter Three: Zoe 2019. In the original manuscript that I submitted, the story flowed in intertwined chapters. The Nesting Dolls is told in three different sections, the 1930s, the 1970s, and 2019. Here are the top 5 changes that were made: Change #1: Structure My editor bought the book in June of 2018, but it took over a year of back and forth edits for the manuscript to be finalized. It tells the stories of five generations of Russian Jewish women, taking place in Odessa, USSR during the 1930s and Stalin’s Great Terror, Odessa, USSR in the 1970s during The Great Stagnation and the Free Soviet Jewry movement, and present day Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

My historical fiction novel, The Nesting Dolls came out on Jfrom HarperCollins. Below, you can learn more about the editing stages of The Nesting Dolls and how she went back and forth with her editor at HarperCollins, a big 5 publisher. I usually advise clients to be careful with prologues as many don’t work, however, Alina’s prologue is an example of one that was successfully executed. It also struck me that she included a prologue in her novel. I think readers will be fascinated to learn how she struggled with choosing a title for her book. Alina touched on five important areas to consider during the editing process: structure, narrative voice, title, prologue, and the importance of sympathetic characters. Over the years, I’ve gotten to know Alina through social media, and when I heard about her new release, The Nesting Dolls, I knew that if she wrote a Behind the Rewrite post, it would be packed with information. I remember hearing New York Times bestselling author Alina Adams speak at a conference about her figure skating mystery series many years ago.

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