I was thinking about some of the best articles I have read during 2010 and behold  www.writersdigest.com has listed one of my favourites.

Nice to share it with you…
Finish Your Novel in 4 Simple Steps

January 05, 2010
by Lin Enger
You need stamina to transform that out-of-shape first draft into a story with staying power. Use these 4 revision strategies to make your novel go the distance.
Novelists are the distance runners, the long-haul truckers, the transoceanic captains of the literary world. There is no sprinting through a novel, at least not for the novelist; there are simply too many characters, too many scenes, too many story lines and pages and sentences to be written—and then rewritten, revised and polished. Endurance is key to completing the task. Yet endurance is not enough, not nearly. Because reading the novel is also a marathon experience, and that means the primary goal of your revision process should be to take pains to create a human pace for the reader, a pace that alternately rushes, strides, saunters and lingers, according to the story’s—and the reader’s—needs. It’s no small task to keep those narrative wheels rolling, but that’s what you have to do, all the way from the title page to The End.

To read more http://writersdigest.com/article/4-steps-to-take-your-novel-to-the-finish-line?et_mid=43422&rid=3023922#