Editing category: 186 books
Rock Your Revisions
A Simple System for Revising Your Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Do you feel overwhelmed trying to revise your novel?
Faced with a hot mess of rough draft, maybe you feel confused, unsure of what to fix -- or rather, what to fix first!
Editing fiction takes a slightly different mindset than writing the first rough pass of a novel. There are a lot...
Editing Made Easy (E-Book Edition): Simple Rules for Effective Writing
Simple Rules for Effective Writing
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
A friendly, practical guide for writers, students,
business executives, bloggers, Web developers—
and anyone else who wants to write well. Based on the author's earlier best-selling book, published in his native Australia, which has become a best-selling standard resource for writers and journalists....
by Blake Atwood
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
You've written a book, so now what?You may be asking yourself:• Should I hire an editor?• What kind of editor do I need?• How much will professional editing cost?• Where can I find an editor?• What will an editor expect from me?• What can I expect from an editor?Don't...
Starting Your Career as a Freelance Editor
A Guide to Working with Authors, Books, Newsletters, Magazines, Websites, and More
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
If you've ever considered editing as a career, this book will help you on your new path. You’ll learn about the requirements in various fields, how to get started, the step-by-step facets of setting up and conducting your editing services, working with writers and publishers, promoting yourself...
Print Journalism
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2005
Print Journalism provides an up-to-date overview of the skills needed to work within the newspaper and magazine industries.
This critical approach to newspaper and magazine practice highlights historical, theoretical, ethical and political debates and includes tips on the everyday skills of...
by K E Bentley
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
This book isn't long - 2993 words from Introduction to Conclusion. There's no fluff. The author is neither trying to keep you turning pages nor keep you entertained on a rainy Sunday afternoon.This book is all about saving you precious time - time that you spend looking up Google to choose the...
The Rewrite
The How To Guide for Revising Rewriting & Editing Your Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
Unleash the Power of Rewriting!
The Rewrite can help any writer take their shapeless draft to a completed novel!
Instead of getting lost in the labyrinth of endless revisions, let The Rewrite show you how to structure your process and finish your novel.
In this book, you’ll...
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....
Writers on Writing: Volume 1
Writers on Writing, #1
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2015
Learn the craft of writing from those who know it best.
This is Writers On Writing – An Author’s Guide, where your favorite authors share their secrets in the ultimate guide to becoming – and being – an author.
In this first volume you’ll find in-depth essays from authors...