Download or read book The Writer s Guide to Self Editing written by Naveed Saleh and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 must become self-editors, ensuring that their text is nearly perfect on submission. This book serves as a guide to self-editing nonfiction print and online publications, including articles for general and academic audiences. It is both prescriptive and descriptive, drawing from stylebooks, dictionaries, research, and more to provide a full picture of both style and grammar. Also provided are techniques that boost search-engine optimization and engagement of Internet audiences.
Download or read book Self Editing for Fiction Writers Second Edition written by Renni Browne and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories. In this completely revised and updated second edition, Renni Browne and Dave King teach you, the writer, how to apply the editing techniques they have developed to your own work. Chapters on dialogue, exposition, point of view, interior monologue, and other techniques take you through the same processes an expert editor would go through to perfect your manuscript. Each point is illustrated with examples, many drawn from the hundreds of books Browne and King have edited.
Download or read book Line by Line written by Claire Kehrwald Cook and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1985 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loose, baggy sentences - Faulty connections - III-matched partners - Mismanaged numbers and references - Problems with punctuation - The parts of a sentence.
Download or read book Writing Into the Dark How to Write a Novel Without an Outline written by Dean Wesley Smith and published by Wmg Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than a hundred published novels and more than seventeen million copies of his books in print, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith knows how to outline. And he knows how to write a novel without an outline. In this WMG Writer's Guide, Dean takes you step-by-step through the process of writing without an outline and explains why not having an outline boosts your creative voice and keeps you more interested in your writing. Want to enjoy your writing more and entertain yourself? Then toss away your outline and Write into the Dark.
Download or read book Editor Proof Your Writing written by Don McNair and published by Linden Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran editor Don McNair lays out an easy-to-follow and systematic method for clearing up foggy writing--writing that's full of extra, misused, and overused words--in this guide to producing sparkling copy that attracts readers, agents, editors, and sales. McNair explains the common mistakes made by most writers and shows how eliminating unnecessary words strengthens action, shorten sentences, and makes writing crackle with life. Containing 21 simple, straightforward principles, ""Editor-Proof Your Writing"" teaches how to edit weak verb forms, strip away author intrusions, ban redundancies, eliminate foggy phrases, correct passive-voice sentences, slash misused and overused words, and fix other writing mistakes. A superb addition to any writer's toolkit, this book will not only make writing clearer and more grammatical, it will also make it more concise, entertaining, and appealing to publishers.
Download or read book How To Write Non Fiction written by Joanna Penn and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... includes the business models of writing non-fiction, the details of how to research, write and edit your book, as well as publishing, product creation and marketing."--Cover.
Download or read book The Writer s Guide to Self Editing written by Naveed Saleh and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 must become self-editors, ensuring that their text is nearly perfect on submission. This book serves as a guide to self-editing nonfiction print and online publications, including articles for general and academic audiences. It is both prescriptive and descriptive, drawing from stylebooks, dictionaries, research, and more to provide a full picture of both style and grammar. Also provided are techniques that boost search-engine optimization and engagement of Internet audiences.
Download or read book Self editing for Fiction Writers written by Renni Browne and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two professional editors share with expertise and proven techniques for turning manuscripts into published works of fiction.
Download or read book The Ten Day Edit A Writer s Guide to Editing a Novel in Ten Days written by Lewis Jorstad and published by Ten Day Novelist. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've written a novel-now to perfect it. Fortunately, it isn't as hard as you think. Through this step-by-step ten day challenge, The Ten Day Edit will help you face the overwhelm that comes with editing a novel. Along the way, it'll teach you everything you need to know to master the editing process, create a page-turning story, and build a team of readers to support you. You'll learn to: -Organize the editing process, stay focused, and maximize your time with a game plan built for your story. -Strengthen your story through advanced skills like scene and chapter structure. -Work with beta readers, critique partners, and editors to hone your skills.-Perfect your prose, opening line, and title to create a professional-level manuscript. -Bring it all together in a final novel ready to share with the world! Each day of this editing challenge comes with easy to follow prompts and intuitive goals, helping you make sense of the editing process. By the end, The Ten Day Edit will have guided you from a first draft to a finished novel! What are you waiting for?
Download or read book Savvy Self Editing written by Tony Jaymes and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can't sell if you're not read. Getting read means being ready with polished work. In today's tight, competitive markets, writers are expected to submit professional, finished work. Agents and editors will not read past page three if the writing has spelling, grammar or punctuation errors, or if the writing is dull, scattered or inflated. Agents and editors want focused, page-turning, reader-friendly material The Savvy Self-Editing Book is a guide for writers to develop their own editing process to suit their needs and vision. It breaks down the editing process into three stages: Content, Sentence, and Copy Editing. Its concise format gives writers concrete examples, charts, and quick and easy editing techniques that make a difference! Here are some quotes Barnaby Conrad, Author of Matador, Director of the Santa Barbara Writers' Conference: "An absolute must book for any beginning writer!" Charles Champlin, former Arts & Film Editor, Los Angeles Times, calls Savvy Self-Editing: "An amazingly compact treasury of priceless advice for any writer." "The Stunk L White of editing." Cork Milner, Author: Write From the Start, The Art of Interviewing; magazine articles for Writers Digest, Los Angeles Times, Playboy and Travel: "There is more fast information in 'Tony Jaymes' book Savvy Self-Editing, than any two-inch thick manual"
Download or read book Writers Artists Guide to Self Publishing written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-publishing is a growing area and writers need independent and reliable advice they can trust. This guide is full of practical, nuts-and-bolts information on each aspect of the DIY-publishing process, from editing and page layout, cover design and book production, publicity and selling. Each chapter is written by publishing professionals expert in supporting authors and is full of insights from successful self-published authors themselves. This guide is essential reading for any indie author who wants to go it totally alone, who wants to work with other independent professionals or who might choose to pay for self-publishing provider services. It gives the pros and cons and potential financial outlay for the various options available so writers can make informed decisions about the best approach for their own book.
Download or read book On Editing written by Helen Corner-Bryant and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing is a magical hobby and form of expression but getting words on the page is not the same as finalising material which you are happy to send out and share. This book is a complete toolkit which will help you to tame doubts and insecurities and engage with your internal critic in order to assert control over your manuscript and elevate your writing. Written by the team behind one of the world's most successful literary consultancies, On Editing will show you how to master the art of self-editing - perhaps the least understood but most vital skill in the writer's toolkit. You will learn to compose, draft and edit while sharpening your writing and ensuring that your novel is structurally sound, authentic, well-written and ready for submission. ABOUT THE SERIES The Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their stories. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels to illustrated children's books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises, and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community, at tyjustwrite.com, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.
Download or read book Self Editing for Content Writers written by Elizabeth Coursen and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hey, all you content writers and editors! Be a true thought leader in your field!This is the one style guide written specifically for internet-related writing; whether you blog, post, write content or white papers, this style guide contains the tips and tricks to make your content both remarkable and correct. With internet-specific examples, an internet-specific vocabulary, and a comprehensive list of commonly misspelled and misused words, Self-Editing for Content Writers is what you need. It's all you need.
Download or read book The 10 Solution Self Editing for the Modern Writer written by Ken Rand and published by Fairwood Press. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise book is jammed full of the kind of information it often takes beginning writers years to learn. Ken Rand offers his own advice and twenty-five years of experience for the benefit of other writers. His no-nonsense approach to editing fiction will do more to make writing more professional.
Download or read book Nine Day Novel Self Editing written by Steve Windsor and published by Vixen Ink. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congratulations You just finished writing your first novel "What do I do next?" If you're like I was, that was the first question you asked yourself. Do you remember what I said last time? In "Nine Day Novel: Writing?" Steve, I totally remember: You said, "Bravo Pop champagne and..." You remember that part after the champagne about calling someone, right? Your Editor-the Last Line of Defense. But editors cost a lot of money and wouldn't be helpful if we could minimize some of that expense by doing a little bit of editing ourselves? Before we send it off to an expensive professional? Don't make the mistake I did On my first novel, I debated for months between paying an editor and whether I should just "edit" the entire thing myself. After all, how hard it be, right? Predictably, money won out, and I chose poorly, publishing my first book before a professional editor had proofread it. That was a big mistake. That one decision set my writing career back about a year. Why? Because my book languished on Amazon as yet another unprofessional, unfinished and unwanted draft, posing as a completely finished novel. I got discouraged, disappointed and down. It took months before I overcame my fear of what a professional editor would say about my first novel. Because that was the real reason I had edited it myself all along. A great editor will make your novel shine. Picture your reader, trying to follow the fantastic story that you painstakingly outlined, researched and wrote. As they read, their eyes are interrupted by misspellings, grammatical errors, improper word usage and dialogue that's punctuated poorly. Finally, unable to stay engaged through those constant interruptions, they give up and close your book. We're not going to let that happen Your editor will have the single biggest impact on the professional look and feel of your novel. But that doesn't mean we can't do a little bit of "editing" ourselves. In fact, inside this book, I'll show you how you can do quite a bit of self-editing before your draft needs to go to an editor. And that'll save you money. Removing the mystery. To many beginning authors, editing is a mysterious and often misunderstood process. In this book, I'll define the types of editing you need, outline the parts that you can and should do yourself, and then explain the process that your editor will go through as they clean up what's left. No idea where to find an editor? I'll show you how to find a good one on popular freelancing sites. If that doesn't work, I'll give you the contact information of my own editor Then I'll introduce you to a piece of software that'll save you countless hours in turnaround time, working with your editor. And I'll walk you through the steps my writing partner and I use to fix our own drafts before they go to our editor. Editing is much easier if you make fewer mistakes in the first place. Seems simple, right? It should be. For that reason, I felt it was important for this book to have two parts to it: How to clean up what you had already written ... and how to minimize all that cleanup by knowing what and how to write fiction sentences in the first place. So the first half of the book is about editing process and work-flow. And the second half is a refresher course on the very basics of writing fiction sentences. And the bonuses... I created tutorial videos to show you exactly how I've cut Word loose and now collaborate directly with my editors inside Scrivener. So whether you've never worked with an editor before or you just want to save some time, money and headache editing your next draft, I wrote this book for you
Download or read book Self editing for Self publishers written by Richard Bradburn and published by Reen Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-27 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the art of self-editing, written by a professional editor. This book introduces an innovative, easy-to-follow, three-stage process for authors looking to effectively self-edit their book, be it for self-publication or if they are looking to polish their manuscript before submission to agents or traditional publishers.
Download or read book Word by Word written by Linda K. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-03 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda K. Taylor is passionate about words-so passionate, in fact, that she has spent the better part of her life reading, writing, and editing, all in the service of writers to help their writing be the best it can be. Linda understands the writing process and how difficult self-editing can be. This book helps writers who have just completed a manuscript and know they need to edit it but don't know how to begin. Walking through questions to ask when content editing, common grammar and punctuation errors to watch for when copyediting, when to get permissions, how to format manuscripts, and how to work with Bible text, Linda's book is filled with valuable information for writers who want to take their manuscripts to the next level.
