Editing Proofreading category: 186 books
Get a Grip on Your Grammar
250 Writing and Editing Reminders for the Curious or Confused
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
Just as we should think before we speak, we need to think before we write.
Most of us are not poets or novelists, but we are all writers. We email, text, and post; we craft memos and reports, menus and outdoor signage, birthday cards and sticky notes on the fridge.
Get a Grip on Your...
Do I Make Myself Clear?
Why Writing Well Matters
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
*New York Times Bestseller *
One of NPR's Best Books of 2017
A wise and entertaining guide to writing English the proper way by one of the greatest newspaper editors of our time.
Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought...
Rewrite Right!
Your Guide to Perfectly Polished Prose
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
The definitive guide to polishing your prose from veteran editor Jan Venolia.
Everyone knows that writing can be improved by the simple process of reviewing, editing, and rewriting, but many struggle with how to go about critiquing their own work—be it a letter to a friend, an important business...
The Art and Craft of Feature Writing
Based on The Wall Street Journal Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 1988
Storytelling—how to catch and hold a reader’s interest through artful narration of factual material
William E. Blundell, one of the best writers on one of America's best-written papers—The Wall Street Journal—has put his famous Journal Feature-Writing Seminars into this step-by-step...
by Marcy Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
You’ve heard the advice “show, don’t tell” until you can’t stand to hear it anymore. Yet fiction writers of all levels still seem to struggle with it.
There are three reasons for this. The first is that this isn’t an absolute rule. Telling isn’t always wrong. The second is that...
The Subversive Copy Editor, Second Edition
Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself)
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Longtime manuscript editor and Chicago Manual of Style guru Carol Fisher Saller has negotiated many a standoff between a writer and editor refusing to compromise on the “rights” and “wrongs” of prose styling. Saller realized that when these sides squared off, it was often the reader who lost....
The Original Fantasy
A Practical Guide to Writing Genre
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
“Emily creates a warm, funny, personable read in this guide book version of our mentorship. I love it. Even if I do come off as a stern and slightly frightening Mage…” ~ Isobelle Carmody
So you’ve finished your genre novel and it is Frankenstein’s monster.
Don’t Panic!
Whether...
by Mark J Dawson, Jennifer McIntyre
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Handing your writing over to an editor can be a terrifying experience.But it doesn’t have to be.In this book for authors, Jenny McIntyre and Mark Dawson set out the critical benefits of a good editor. With her vast experience editing books from writers at all levels of experience, McIntyre will guide...
The Old Editor Says
Maxims for Writing and Editing
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Many beginning writers and editors benefited from a crusty old editor’s brisk maxims about the craft. If you want to be reminded of those days, look inside. If you want to learn those brisk maxims, many of them are collected here. And if you aspire to become a crusty old editor, this is the handbook.
by Sally Morris, Ed Barnas, Douglas LaFrenier
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
The Handbook of Journal Publishing is a comprehensive reference work written by experienced professionals, covering all aspects of journal publishing, both online and in print. Journals are crucial to scholarly communication, but changes in recent years in the way journals are produced, financed,...
by Susie Yakowicz
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Are you a writer whose words fail to come to life on the page? Does your research lack substance or credibility? Can your grammar and usage use a facelift? Has your attempt at self-editing fallen short? If you answer yes to any of the above, you may be an average writer. The good news is, you...
by Charlotte Nash
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Knowing what's wrong with your book's first draft is one thing. Having a process to fix it is another. The PAPER method is a complete system for editing a novel that allows creativity to flourish while taking control of your project. Lose fear and panic, meet your deadlines, know what to do, where to do it, and when you'll be finished.
by Leslie Vermeer
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
From building and managing author relationships, through acquiring and developing manuscripts, to every level of text editing and proofing for print and ebooks, editors play integral roles in the operations of a book publishing house. In The Complete Canadian Book Editor, veteran editor and professor...
PEN, PUBLISH, PROMOTE the Write Way
Detailed Guide for Aspiring Authors
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
PEN, PUBLISH, PROMOTE the Write Way instructs aspiring authors on how to complete the thorough steps involved with Writing, Editing, Formatting, Self-Publishing, Traditional Publishing, Marketing and many other significant parts of the book production process. Everything that Multi-Bestselling Author...