If you’re headed down the path towards publication, Pneuma Books wants to help. This small press and pro-self publishing advocate has a collection of how-to guides including a guide to book editing and another on the publishing process.
But Pneuma isn’t the only help available for self publishers. Angela Hoy at WritersWeekly also runs a...
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by Joe Wallace
With the caveat that we haven’t consumed the 9th edition of this book yet, the promise of The Art of Editing in the Age of Media Convergence is quite impressive. Over 400 pages of updated material on editing, with a look at the challenges editors face across disciplines including new media, journalism,...
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Good editors are always looking to improve on their work and reading is a great way to do it. There are many different tips on editing that you can learn from, and I have found one resource I really enjoy on the web that offers “ten tips for effective editing”.
For new editors this is a great read...
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The most attractive parts of the McGraw-Hill Proofreading Handbook include a how-to on creating a personal style sheet, a section on fact checking, and some advice on how to train your eyes to spot copy errors.
Like the absolutely essential Elements of Style, the Proofreading Handbook is small, compact, and an easy read at just...
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If you are trying to work with Microsoft Word and track changes while you edit, you may need some help. Look at the online page designed to do just that at Microsoft for some tips. This is also a great resource for writers who get documents back from an editor with suggested changes. Regardless of which side of the desk you...
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Grammar, punctuation, and AP style–that’s what you get with Vicki Krueger’s Cleaning Your Copy seminar at News University. It’s a two-hour online course focusing on the basics of scrubbing your own copy and being your own editor (at least for the technical stuff.) There are also tips on the most common mistakes and how...
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If you are asked to follow the Chicago Manual of Style, you can either buy a copy or subscribe online. Sometimes having things at your fingertips on the web can be more convenient than looking them up in a book. Take a look and see if this type of reference works for you.
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You can never have too many editing resources, but that said, this is one you don’t want to miss. Purdue Univeristy has a collection of resources called the OWL (Online Writing Lab) that is just fantastic. Look here for information on proofreading your work.
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Lori Handeland’s great article on self-editing may be aimed squarely at fiction writers, but writers of nonfiction–especially creative nonfiction and first person essays–would do well to have a look at this, too.
What’s the most important thing about telling a good story? Can you really boil it down to a single mechanical something? Lori’s article...
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If you are a writer that doesn’t understand common proofreading symbols, it might be time to learn. Not all editors use them, but if you run into one that does, it can really help if you understand what they are trying to tell you. Check out this resource to learn some of the basics. Whether you are writing...
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