Editing category: 186 books

The definitive handbook for the novelist who is ready to revise This wise and friendly guide shows writers how to turn first-draft manuscripts into the novels of their dreams. A critic, longtime teacher, and award-winning novelist, Sandra Scofield illustrates how to reread a work of fiction...

Helps readers write memoirs, personal essays, and life stories of every length and type.

So you've got a manuscript burning a hole in the hard drive of your eight year old Gateway desktop, but you're confused as to how to turn that sucker into an eBook. You could spend a year learning HTML, or pay someone a stack of cash to do it for you... but why? This fast and funny guide is designed...

You’ve finished that manuscript and have decided to pursue a self publication contract. You can visualise the look, feel and dynamics of your book . . . you just need a hand turning this vision into a reality. This guide can help! Self Publishing: The Essential Guide will walk you through...

Electronic publishing has upset the equilibrium enjoyed by the publishing industry for the last half-century. While some celebrate the overthrow of the gate-keeping elite and the democratization of publishing, others lament the end of literary culture. Beneath the enthusiasm and the angst,...

Many students find literature reviews fiendishly difficult to write. That is because the literature review -- a paper summarizing a body of published works on a given topic -- requires the writer to abandon almost everything they've learned about writing and to use a brand new tone and approach. ...

Scrivere è un’arte, come disegnare, dipingere, cantare, suonare uno strumento e così via. Tutti sono scrittori allo stato potenziale, ma non tutti lo diventano perché questa professione deve in qualche modo essere connaturata al temperamento. In poche parole deve scorrerti nelle vene e il tuo...

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,...

Reinvigorate Your Fiction! You've written the first draft of your novel or screenplay, and you've released it into the world: to your critique group, to your most trusted beta readers, or even to an agent or an editor. But something's wrong. You're not getting the glowing response you had expected,...

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...

Writing can be a tough way to make a living if you are hoping to rely on the sales of your own books. The truth is that most writers, while happy to write, are not very keen (or good at) the marketing side of the business of getting their work in front of an audience. For this reason, ghostwriting...

Includes tips about everything from agents to electronic publishing.

Fully revised for today's practical copywriting requirements, Improve your Copywriting, by one of the UK's leading copywriters, reveals some of advertising's greatest creative secrets. From planning to implementation, it will guide you step-by-step through copywriting skills for a range of...

The top 10 punctuation mistakes that pedants love to correct. Eliminate them before you eliminate your chances with a publisher, or before you embarrass yourself in front of readers or clients. Each and every mistake is easy to fix once you know how. Each chapter begins with a diagram containing solutions...