The Quick and Dirty Guide to...Editing - Softcover

Osman, Chantelle Aimee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1725028697 ISBN 13: 9781725028692

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

A professional editor covers the best methods for approaching editing your own work as well as the benefits to hiring outside help. This guide will cover the top mistakes that editors find and correct in author’s manuscripts, including: * Strong beginnings and endings * Character * Dialogue * Plot * Tense, person and point of view * Common grammar and punctuation errors These tips will give you the edge of having a polished manuscript so you can make your way to the top of the pile.

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About the Author

Chantelle Aimée Osman is the editor of New Wave Crime at Down & Out Books. The former Editor-in-Chief of RT Book Reviews Magazine and a freelance editor for over 10 years. She co-hosts the Crime Friction podcast, and is an instructor at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Authors at Large and LitReactor. Chantelle is the author of the non-fiction series on writing The Quick and Dirty Guide To... and has published numerous works of short fiction in addition to serving as editor for several anthologies.She was named a Left Coast Crime Guest of Honor in 2016. Find her online at chantelleaimee.com

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1725028697
• ISBN 13: 9781725028692
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 44