Editing Proofreading category: 186 books
by Alison Plus
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
This is not a textbook. This booklet contains very little writing theory or explanation of rhetorical concepts. Instead, it is a step-by-step method for writing a five-paragraph paper from the assignment through the final proofreading. Using sentence formulas, paragraph templates, and detailed checklists,...
by Sandie Giles
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2016
How to Proofread: Techniques is the third in a series of updates to the original How to Proofread Your Own Writing. The new format takes the form of four mini, indie author guides, each covering a specific area of proofreading.
This book, updated to encompass the changes in technology since...
Watch Your Words
A Writing and Editing Handbook for the Multimedia Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015
Journalists — even those working simultaneously in print, on air and on the Web — trade in words. Using language well across platforms is a vital skill; the cleaner and clearer the text, the more effective the result. Watch Your Words, now in its fourth edition, is a brief and accessible handbook...
Polish Your Fiction
A Quick & Easy Self-Editing Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
Revised 2019 Edition
In Polish Your Fiction: A Quick & Easy Self-Editing Guide, writer, editor, and publisher, Jessica Bell, offers her tried and tested advice on the quickest and easiest ways to polish different areas of writing style, consistency of prose, grammar, punctuation, typography,...
Writing in a Nutshell
The Complete Series Collection
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
Don't need paperbacks? Then save $$$ by snapping up the complete collection of the Writing in a Nutshell series in digital format, revised and updated in 2019.
In Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott says a writer needs to focus on short assignments to avoid feeling overwhelmed. She refers to the one-inch...
NaNo What Now?
Finding your editing process, revising your NaNoWriMo book and building a writing career through publishing and beyond
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
You’ve just completed a novel during the National Novel Writing Month challenge! Or maybe you completed part of one. Or signed up with really good intentions and then only wrote a couple of words. Either way, you’re staring at 30 days worth of words and wondering… What now? How exactly do you...
The Complete INDIE Editor
55 Essential Copy-edits for the Professional Independent Author
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Stay ahead of the competition with this easy to use, step-by-step guide.
When you publish as an Indie Author, be it on an electronic device such as the Kindle or as a printed novel through Createspace or other print-on-demand services, readers are evaluating your writing by using Free First...
Saving Money on Editing & Choosing the Best Editor
Indie Author Guides, #1
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
So, you’ve finally written that book. You’ve lured in readers with a professional cover and a catchy title. Now, you need them to leave positive reviews and, most importantly, buy more of your books.
Having your book professionally edited can help you give your readers what they want and...
Editing Canadian English, 3rd edition
A Guide for Editors, Writers, and Everyone Who Works with Words
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
Editing Canadian English is a style guide, reference manual, judgment-call coach, and much more. Written by expert editors from across the country, it presents a flexible but systematic approach to creating workable Canadian styles.
This comprehensive update includes valuable information on:
•...
The Book Unbound
Editing and Reading Medieval Manuscripts and Texts
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2004
In The Book Unbound, scholars and editors examine how best to use new technological tools and new methodologies with artefacts of medieval literature and culture. Taking into consideration English, French, Anglo-Norman, and Latin texts from several periods, the contributors examine and re-evaluate...
by Katherine Walden
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
You have something important to say, and you're looking for a platform that allows your voice to reach the broadest audience possible. The chances of finding a traditional publisher for your masterpiece are slim to none, and so you have decided to explore the world of self-publishing.
Katherine...
The Writer's Guide to Self-Editing
Essential Tips for Online and Print Publication
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Over the years, technological advances have given publishers the ability to produce more books and online publications with greater speed. This new efficiency, however, has increased editors' workloads, limiting the amount of detailed editorial feedback that they can provide authors. In turn, writers...
by Michael Robert Evans
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2004
Unlike the myriad writing manuals that emphasize grammar, sentence structure, and other skills necessary for entry-level editing jobs, this engaging book adopts a broader view, beginning with the larger topics of audience, mission, and tone, and working its way down, layer by layer, to the smaller...
Editing Research
Editors who work directly with academic researchers, helping to make their draft manuscripts suitable for publication in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, refer to themselves as "authors' editors." As a profession, author editing has been around for
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016