Editing Proofreading category: 186 books

Hook, Tagline, and Sinker is a guide for anyone who wants to learn how to write concise, targeted, catchy book descriptions. Potential readers’ first introduction to your writing occurs when they experience your book description. Making that short pitch shine is critical to the success of...

There’s a lot of information out there about learning how to correctly make money publishing on Amazon Kindle. The information provided can be hard to digest or understand when been overwhelmed by all the technical aspect. But, what if there was a guide that would very quickly get you the information...

The 89th issue of IndyFest Magazine! is here.This October 2015 issue is one you need to read. Inside you will find in-depth interviews with:Arvid Nelson, Lee Francis, Dave Kelly, Matt Jorgenson, Also included in this issue:Eitorial by Ian ShiresSlush Pile Salutations by M.J. MooresA...

Un manual imprescindible para escribir bien. Un libro de estilo no es una gramática ni un diccionario para el público en general, sino simplemente un código interno de la Redacción. Su propósito consiste en unificar sistemas y formas expresivas, con el fin de dar personalidad al propio...

El autor presenta 52 tips, que se concentran en la escritura como un oficio que requiere de una práctica constante. Dicha aplicación es lo que el autor entiende como ejercicio de honestidad. El escritor no nace, sino se hace, y todo aquel que pretenda gozar de las mieles de tan honesto oficio, primero debe aceptar el sufrimiento que conlleva el enfrentamiento con uno mismo.

Consejos lingüísticos, profesionales y éticos para escribir en los medios. Un manual lleno de respuestas que puede salir al paso de cualquier duda. La transformación del periodismo provocada por los avances digitales, con nuevas necesidades de información y ritmos más acelerados...

Dialogue that drones on, clutters the page, or stalls the scene can ruin even the best of novels. Learn to avoid common dialogue pitfalls and dazzle your readers, editors, and agents with snappy scenes and smooth-as-silk transitions between dialogue and narrative. “He Said, She Said” is packed...

Part textbook and part handbook, From 'Huh?' to 'Hurray!': Righting Your Creative Writing leads creative writers of all levels and all genres through the entire writing process. This accessible guide offers helpful suggestions to prompt and encourage even the most blocked writers to explore and develop...

(This book is part of Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft) Fix the setting and description problems holding your manuscript back! A strong and well-described setting can draw readers right into your story, but a flat and bare world will make them leave it. Make sure your...

"Lucid, thoughtful…writers and teachers will learn much from it…Belongs wherever Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style finds frequent use."—Booklist "Writers will actually learn things here."—Los Angeles Times "Perfect for teachers, critics...

A writer pens a novel and wants to share it with the world. Where to begin? Submit / query the manuscript cold turkey? Wrong! Begin with DITCH THE AGENT - The Book for Writers. This no-nonsense book was written in response to hundreds of comments and questions from writers who are frustrated...

‘The Elements of Active Prose’ gives you pithy tips for improving your writing scene by scene, sentence by sentence. If you’ve ever wondered what is meant by the advice to ‘show, don’t tell’ you’ll find the answer here, along with reassurance that such advice is not something that must...

What makes great writing great writing is not spelling or grammar or syntax, but honesty. Not the careless honesty of our emotions, but the intellectual honesty that results from careful thoughts combined with a firm insistence that we write only true things. The honest writer always seeks to avoid...

This singular book illustrates how to edit a piece of prose and enhance its clarity of thought and felicity of style. The authors first present ten principles of effective composition, and then scrutinize three extended paragraphs, suggesting with remarkable specificity how to improve them. The volume...