Editing Proofreading category: 186 books
by Marcy Kennedy, Chris Saylor
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Not your same old boring grammar guide! This book is fun, fast, and focused on writing amazing fiction.
The world of grammar is huge, but fiction writers don’t need to know all the nuances to write well. In fact, some of the rules you were taught in English class will actually hurt your fiction...
by Lynn McNamee
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Did you write what you meant to write? Is your meaning clear, or will readers misunderstand?
This style guide helps authors to make sure their writing is clear on the sentence level. “Just to Be Clear: Writing What You Mean” covers the following topics:
Dangling Participles
Misused...
First 100 Numbers
To Teach Counting & Numbering with Comfort - First 100 Numbers Color Shapes Tough Board Pages & Enchanting Pictures for Fun & Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
First 100 Numbers is a magnificent publishing which is directed towards learning habits of the toddlers and kids to teach them about counting without any sort of trouble. With our most impressive and modern First 100 Numbers Color Shapes, there are many colorful images and shapes involved to captivate...
How to Write Fiction
Busy Writer's Guides Set 2
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Three bestselling writing resources in one set!
Experienced fiction editor Marcy Kennedy’s has put three of her popular Busy Writer’s Guides together. Dialogue, point of view, and description are foundational skills you need to master to create vivid fiction that balances your character’s...
by Bruce Ross-Larson
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 1996
"A strong new entry for the reference shelf of anyone who writes to be understood—or would like to."—Pittsburgh Press
In the first part of this useful book, the author shows how to solve common problems of writing. The reader will learn how to recognize common problems of writing....
So You Think Your English Is OK
Observations of a Proofreader
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Most books written by grammarians contain errors. So do many of those written by others who tell us how to write and how to speak. Those writers sometimes seem not to grasp the ideas, not to understand the grammatical points, that they are writing about; they do not understand as fully as they would...
by Mark Peters PhD
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Writing and speaking with correct grammar and style is the key to getting ahead in business and life. For many, however, mastering the details of grammar is a slow and painful process. The Idiot's Guide®: Grammar and Style makes learning and using proper grammar clear and easy. In this book, readers...
by Mike Reeves-McMillan
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Do you want to be taken seriously by editors, readers or reviewers? Do you make errors in your fiction writing?This book is for you. Mike Reeves-McMillan is a fiction author, reviewer, and former copy editor and technical writer. He's analysed the errors he's found in almost 250 books, both indie and...
Quick English Sentences
Writing Effective Sentences and Paragraphs
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
This book helps beginning English Writer and those who wish to reinforce writing fundamentals. A Step-by-step process guides through English sentence construction, emphasizing the most fundamental grammar rules. Eight parts of speech are covered: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions,...
by Alison Plus
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Persuasive essays, also called written arguments, are among the most common writing assignments and are used across the curriculum. Yet, despite their common use, many students struggle with the basics of creating a compelling, persuasive argument. Focusing on the four keys to persuasive writing,...
Fixing Your Plot & Story Structure Problems
Foundations of Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
(This book is part of Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft)
Fix the plot and story structure problems holding your manuscript back!
A great plot will pique reader interest and make them want to know what happens next, but predictable plots can lose them after a few chapters....
by Editors: Karen Christensen and Mary Bagg
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Berkshire's style manual is a unique repository of guidelines, rules, and exceptions to rules; meditations and asides on writing and word use; behind-the-scenes anecdotes; and publishing lore. Berkshire offers sage advice for authors, editors, and reviewers alike - for anyone, really, who cares about...
The Cooper Hill Stylebook
a guide to writing and revision
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
Now in its 3rd edition, The Cooper Hill Stylebook is the classic high school and college revision manual. It's a 599-page, practical, step-by-step how-to for every writer. Based on 70 years of experience in high school and university classrooms, The Stylebook helps teachers cut correcting time in half...
Destination Dissertation
A Traveler's Guide to a Done Dissertation
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Your dissertation is not a hurdle to jump or a battle to fight; as this handbook makes clear, your dissertation is the first of many destinations on the path of your professional career. Destination Dissertation guides you to the successful completion of your dissertation by framing the process as...