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🔍 Editing Advice

Practical guidance for writers on revising their manuscripts, from cutting deadwood to strengthening structure, offered by those who know how good prose is made.
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
by Renni Browne • 1993
The self-editing techniques that find and fix the flaws keeping your novel from publication.
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7k+
✍️ Fiction Editing🔍 Self-Editing🎭 Show Don'T Tell
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers Summary
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers 91%
The self-editing techniques that find and fix the flaws keeping your novel from publication.
by Renni Browne 1993
4.25
7k+ ratings
✍️ Fiction Editing🔍 Self-Editing🎭 Show Don'T Tell
It Was The Best Of Sentences, It Was The Worst Of Sentences
by June Casagrande • 2010
Your sentences are losing readers. A guide to making every word pull its weight.
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2k+
📝 Writing Craft✍️ Sentence Craft🖋️ Prose Style
It Was The Best Of Sentences, It Was The Worst Of Sentences Summary
It Was The Best Of Sentences, It Was The Worst Of Sentences 90%
Your sentences are losing readers. A guide to making every word pull its weight.
by June Casagrande 2010
4.15
2k+ ratings
📝 Writing Craft✍️ Sentence Craft🖋️ Prose Style
The First Five Pages
by Noah Lukeman • 2000
99% of manuscripts get rejected by page five. Catch the invisible flaws that trigger the no.
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4k+
✍️ Fiction Craft🔄 Manuscript Revision🔍 Diagnostic Editing
The First Five Pages Summary
The First Five Pages 90%
99% of manuscripts get rejected by page five. Catch the invisible flaws that trigger the no.
by Noah Lukeman 2000
3.98
4k+ ratings
✍️ Fiction Craft🔄 Manuscript Revision🔍 Diagnostic Editing
Dreyer's English
by Benjamin Dreyer • 2019
A copy chief teaches the cuts, the commas, and the confidence to write clear, unstoppable prose.
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9k+
✂️ Copyediting📖 Usage Guides📚 Style Guides
Dreyer's English Summary
Dreyer's English 89%
A copy chief teaches the cuts, the commas, and the confidence to write clear, unstoppable prose.
by Benjamin Dreyer 2019
4.34
9k+ ratings
✂️ Copyediting📖 Usage Guides📚 Style Guides
But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"?
by University of Chicago Press • 2016
Grammar superstitions debunked: the Chicago Style Q&A teaches editing judgment, not rigid rules.
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🔍 Editorial Judgment📘 Chicago Style✍️ Grammar And Punctuation
But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"? Summary
But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"? 89%
Grammar superstitions debunked: the Chicago Style Q&A teaches editing judgment, not rigid rules.
by University of Chicago Press 2016
4.27
132 ratings
🔍 Editorial Judgment📘 Chicago Style✍️ Grammar And Punctuation
Stein on Writing
by Sol Stein • 1995
The editor's craft: making dialogue bristle, scenes unfold in real time, and flab vanish.
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5k+
✍️ Fiction Craft👁️ Show Don'T Tell💬 Dialogue Writing
Stein on Writing Summary
Stein on Writing 89%
The editor's craft: making dialogue bristle, scenes unfold in real time, and flab vanish.
by Sol Stein 1995
4.28
5k+ ratings
✍️ Fiction Craft👁️ Show Don'T Tell💬 Dialogue Writing
Perfect English Grammar
by Grant Barrett • 2016
Grammar isn't a rulebook. It's a toolkit for building sentences that say exactly what you mean.
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🔤 English Grammar✍️ Writing Craft📖 Grammar Reference
Perfect English Grammar Summary
Perfect English Grammar 89%
Grammar isn't a rulebook. It's a toolkit for building sentences that say exactly what you mean.
by Grant Barrett 2016
4.06
515 ratings
🔤 English Grammar✍️ Writing Craft📖 Grammar Reference
Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page
by Sam Leith • 2017
From Aristotle to email, the sentence craft that makes readers absorb ideas before they can resist.
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195
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Style Guides✂️ Editing And Revision
Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page Summary
Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page 89%
From Aristotle to email, the sentence craft that makes readers absorb ideas before they can resist.
by Sam Leith 2017
3.73
195 ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Style Guides✂️ Editing And Revision
Nicely Said
by Nicole Fenton • 2014
Your website has a voice. The rules for making it helpful, clear, and worth reading.
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554
🖥️ Web Writing📋 Content Strategy🖱️ Ux Writing
Nicely Said Summary
Nicely Said 89%
Your website has a voice. The rules for making it helpful, clear, and worth reading.
by Nicole Fenton 2014
4.11
554 ratings
🖥️ Web Writing📋 Content Strategy🖱️ Ux Writing
Writing Without Bullshit
by Josh Bernoff • 2016
Most business writing wastes the reader's time. The concise fix, from email to executive summary.
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727
🏢 Business Writing✂️ Concise Writing🗣️ Plain Language
Writing Without Bullshit Summary
Writing Without Bullshit 89%
Most business writing wastes the reader's time. The concise fix, from email to executive summary.
by Josh Bernoff 2016
4.01
727 ratings
🏢 Business Writing✂️ Concise Writing🗣️ Plain Language
On Writing Well
by William Zinsser • 1976
Your personality is the only writing tool: how to strip away everything that buries it.
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✍️ Nonfiction Writing🛠️ Writing Craft✂️ Rewriting And Editing
On Writing Well Summary
On Writing Well 89%
Your personality is the only writing tool: how to strip away everything that buries it.
by William Zinsser 1976
4.23
31k+ ratings
✍️ Nonfiction Writing🛠️ Writing Craft✂️ Rewriting And Editing
Wordcraft
by Jack R. Hart • 2021
Writing isn't magic. A step-by-step method for clear, powerful prose, from idea to final polish.
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🛠️ Writing Craft📖 Narrative Nonfiction🖋️ Prose Style
Wordcraft Summary
Wordcraft 89%
Writing isn't magic. A step-by-step method for clear, powerful prose, from idea to final polish.
by Jack R. Hart 2021
4.13
107 ratings
🛠️ Writing Craft📖 Narrative Nonfiction🖋️ Prose Style
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing
by Laurie E. Rozakis • 1997
One writing process for fiction, poetry, and screenplays, plus the business half most primers skip.
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🖋️ Writing Process📬 Publishing Advice🧱 Writer'S Block
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing Summary
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing 89%
One writing process for fiction, poetry, and screenplays, plus the business half most primers skip.
by Laurie E. Rozakis 1997
3.59
159 ratings
🖋️ Writing Process📬 Publishing Advice🧱 Writer'S Block
Oxford Guide to Plain English
by Martin Cutts • 2004
Writing busy people finish: a complete system from sentence craft through page design.
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🗣️ Plain Language💼 Business Writing📚 Writing Style Guides
Oxford Guide to Plain English Summary
Oxford Guide to Plain English 88%
Writing busy people finish: a complete system from sentence craft through page design.
by Martin Cutts 2004
4.25
208 ratings
🗣️ Plain Language💼 Business Writing📚 Writing Style Guides
Steering The Craft
by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1998
Hear your prose, fix your grammar, and cut what drags: a master novelist's craft manual.
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6k+
✍️ Prose Style📖 Narrative Craft✏️ Grammar And Style
Steering The Craft Summary
Steering The Craft 88%
Hear your prose, fix your grammar, and cut what drags: a master novelist's craft manual.
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1998
4.24
6k+ ratings
✍️ Prose Style📖 Narrative Craft✏️ Grammar And Style
Good Prose
by Tracy Kidder • 2013
Everything a Pulitzer winner and his editor know about writing nonfiction that people finish.
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1k+
📖 Narrative Nonfiction✍️ Writing Craft🖋️ Prose Style
Good Prose Summary
Good Prose 88%
Everything a Pulitzer winner and his editor know about writing nonfiction that people finish.
by Tracy Kidder 2013
3.92
1k+ ratings
📖 Narrative Nonfiction✍️ Writing Craft🖋️ Prose Style
Writing Skills for Public Relations
by John Foster • 2012
Tight sentences, headlines that earn clicks, and the legal traps hidden in everyday PR writing.
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5
✍️ Public Relations📝 Business Writing📖 Plain English
Writing Skills for Public Relations Summary
Writing Skills for Public Relations 88%
Tight sentences, headlines that earn clicks, and the legal traps hidden in everyday PR writing.
by John Foster 2012
4.00
5 ratings
✍️ Public Relations📝 Business Writing📖 Plain English
Building Great Sentences
by Brooks Landon • 2013
Grammar explains the parts. Here is the construction kit for sentences that move, linger, and land.
4.05
788
📝 Prose Style🧱 Sentence Construction🏛️ Rhetoric And Composition
Building Great Sentences Summary
Building Great Sentences 88%
Grammar explains the parts. Here is the construction kit for sentences that move, linger, and land.
by Brooks Landon 2013
4.05
788 ratings
📝 Prose Style🧱 Sentence Construction🏛️ Rhetoric And Composition
Techniques of the Selling Writer
by Dwight V. Swain • 1965
Master the rhythm of conflict and emotional reaction that makes any story impossible to put down.
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2k+
🎬 Scene Structure⚡ Dramatic Tension👥 Character Development
Techniques of the Selling Writer Summary
Techniques of the Selling Writer 88%
Master the rhythm of conflict and emotional reaction that makes any story impossible to put down.
by Dwight V. Swain 1965
4.33
2k+ ratings
🎬 Scene Structure⚡ Dramatic Tension👥 Character Development
Good Writing
by Neal Allen • 2026
Thirty-six workouts to give your sentences muscle, speed, and the precision of a punch line.
4.23
483
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Sentence Craft🖋️ Prose Style
Good Writing Summary
Good Writing 88%
Thirty-six workouts to give your sentences muscle, speed, and the precision of a punch line.
by Neal Allen 2026
4.23
483 ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Sentence Craft🖋️ Prose Style
How Do I Do That in Photoshop?
by Scott Kelby • 2016
From skin tones to lens distortion: every Photoshop fix, with the slider name and the shortcut.
4.27
84
📷 Photo Editing📸 Digital Photography📖 Quick Reference
How Do I Do That in Photoshop? Summary
How Do I Do That in Photoshop? 88%
From skin tones to lens distortion: every Photoshop fix, with the slider name and the shortcut.
by Scott Kelby 2016
4.27
84 ratings
📷 Photo Editing📸 Digital Photography📖 Quick Reference
The Creative Compass
by Dan Millman • 2013
A repeatable path from idea to publication: no muse needed, just five stages you can navigate.
3.97
174
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Drafting And Revision🚧 Overcoming Creative Blocks
The Creative Compass Summary
The Creative Compass 88%
A repeatable path from idea to publication: no muse needed, just five stages you can navigate.
by Dan Millman 2013
3.97
174 ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Drafting And Revision🚧 Overcoming Creative Blocks
Always Take Notes
by Simon Akam • 2023
Two hundred writers on the money, the rejection, and what it actually takes to publish.
3.56
140
📝 Writing Advice📚 Publishing Industry🎨 Creative Process
Always Take Notes Summary
Always Take Notes 88%
Two hundred writers on the money, the rejection, and what it actually takes to publish.
by Simon Akam 2023
3.56
140 ratings
📝 Writing Advice📚 Publishing Industry🎨 Creative Process
Several Short Sentences About Writing
by Verlyn Klinkenborg • 2012
Writing isn't about flow or formulas; it's about one clear sentence, then another.
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4k+
✍️ Writing Advice🔤 Sentence Craft📖 Reading Like A Writer
Several Short Sentences About Writing Summary
Several Short Sentences About Writing 88%
Writing isn't about flow or formulas; it's about one clear sentence, then another.
by Verlyn Klinkenborg 2012
4.13
4k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Advice🔤 Sentence Craft📖 Reading Like A Writer
The Art of Nonfiction
by Ayn Rand • 2001
Skip the mystique: nonfiction writing is a system, and the outline is its non-negotiable start.
3.98
537
📖 Philosophical Writing💡 Clarity And Precision🗂️ Pre-Writing And Outlining
The Art of Nonfiction Summary
The Art of Nonfiction 88%
Skip the mystique: nonfiction writing is a system, and the outline is its non-negotiable start.
by Ayn Rand 2001
3.98
537 ratings
📖 Philosophical Writing💡 Clarity And Precision🗂️ Pre-Writing And Outlining
Writing That Works
by Kenneth Roman • 1981
From emails to proposals, the enduring rules for business writing that gets read and gets results.
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1k+
🏢 Business Writing✍️ Clear Writing📐 Writing Structure
Writing That Works Summary
Writing That Works 88%
From emails to proposals, the enduring rules for business writing that gets read and gets results.
by Kenneth Roman 1981
3.72
1k+ ratings
🏢 Business Writing✍️ Clear Writing📐 Writing Structure
Word Up! How to Write Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs
by Marcia Riefer Johnston • 2013
Correct sentences are forgettable. The craft tools, from rhetoric to rhythm, that make yours stick.
4.14
248
🖋️ Writing Craft📖 Grammar Guides🎯 Word Choice
Word Up! How to Write Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs Summary
Word Up! How to Write Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs 88%
Correct sentences are forgettable. The craft tools, from rhetoric to rhythm, that make yours stick.
by Marcia Riefer Johnston 2013
4.14
248 ratings
🖋️ Writing Craft📖 Grammar Guides🎯 Word Choice
Save the Cat! Strikes Back
by Blake Snyder • 2009
Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.
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1k+
📝 Screenwriting Guides🏗️ Story Structure🎯 Pitching And Loglines
Save the Cat! Strikes Back Summary
Save the Cat! Strikes Back 88%
Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.
by Blake Snyder 2009
4.17
1k+ ratings
📝 Screenwriting Guides🏗️ Story Structure🎯 Pitching And Loglines
English Grammar
by Sean Williams • 2019
Your grammar mistakes aren't random: a predictable hundred that mark you as careless.
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🧱 Grammar Guides⚠️ Common Mistakes🔣 Punctuation
English Grammar Summary
English Grammar 88%
Your grammar mistakes aren't random: a predictable hundred that mark you as careless.
by Sean Williams 2019
4.15
147 ratings
🧱 Grammar Guides⚠️ Common Mistakes🔣 Punctuation
Write Your Novel From The Middle
by James Scott Bell • 2014
Forget outlining and pantsing. The one scene every novel needs sits exactly in the middle.
4.20
3k+
📝 Fiction Craft🏗️ Novel Structure🎯 Midpoint Structure
Write Your Novel From The Middle Summary
Write Your Novel From The Middle 88%
Forget outlining and pantsing. The one scene every novel needs sits exactly in the middle.
by James Scott Bell 2014
4.20
3k+ ratings
📝 Fiction Craft🏗️ Novel Structure🎯 Midpoint Structure
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing
by Gary Provost • 1985
Concrete techniques that turn stiff sentences into music and hesitant writers into confident ones.
4.03
2k+
✍️ Writing Craft🪶 Plain Style✂️ Concision
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing Summary
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing 88%
Concrete techniques that turn stiff sentences into music and hesitant writers into confident ones.
by Gary Provost 1985
4.03
2k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft🪶 Plain Style✂️ Concision
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. • 1918
Kill your adverbs, activate your verbs, and never say 'in order to': the writing bible, modernized.
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✍️ Writing Style📖 Grammar And Usage✂️ Concise Writing
The Elements of Style Summary
The Elements of Style 88%
Kill your adverbs, activate your verbs, and never say 'in order to': the writing bible, modernized.
by William Strunk Jr. 1918
4.18
87k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Style📖 Grammar And Usage✂️ Concise Writing
How to Write a Novel
by Nathan Bransford • 2013
Forty-seven rules for finishing a novel, from character motivations to the editing that saves it.
4.18
441
📖 Novel Craft✍️ Writing Process📈 Plot Structure
How to Write a Novel Summary
How to Write a Novel 88%
Forty-seven rules for finishing a novel, from character motivations to the editing that saves it.
by Nathan Bransford 2013
4.18
441 ratings
📖 Novel Craft✍️ Writing Process📈 Plot Structure
The Marshall Plan For Novel Writing
by Evan Marshall • 1998
Turn one crisis into a full novel: three acts, three shocks, a synopsis that sells.
3.76
482
🖋️ Novel Writing🏗️ Story Structure📋 Plotting Methods
The Marshall Plan For Novel Writing Summary
The Marshall Plan For Novel Writing 88%
Turn one crisis into a full novel: three acts, three shocks, a synopsis that sells.
by Evan Marshall 1998
3.76
482 ratings
🖋️ Novel Writing🏗️ Story Structure📋 Plotting Methods
Style
by Joseph M. Williams • 1981
Clarity is structural, not mysterious. The diagnostic principles that tell you exactly what to fix.
4.21
2k+
🖋️ Prose Style✂️ Sentence Craft📝 Expository Writing
Style Summary
Style 88%
Clarity is structural, not mysterious. The diagnostic principles that tell you exactly what to fix.
by Joseph M. Williams 1981
4.21
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Prose Style✂️ Sentence Craft📝 Expository Writing
The Story Grid
by Shawn Coyne • 2015
Why stories fail, scene by scene: an editor's diagnostic that finds the break and the fix.
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2k+
🎭 Storytelling Craft🏗️ Narrative Structure🔧 Structural Editing
The Story Grid Summary
The Story Grid 88%
Why stories fail, scene by scene: an editor's diagnostic that finds the break and the fix.
by Shawn Coyne 2015
4.30
2k+ ratings
🎭 Storytelling Craft🏗️ Narrative Structure🔧 Structural Editing
Murder Your Darlings
by Roy Peter Clark • 2020
Voice, craft, and discipline: the writer's toolkit, handed down from Aristotle to Zinsser.
4.02
644
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Rhetoric And Style📖 Narrative Craft
Murder Your Darlings Summary
Murder Your Darlings 88%
Voice, craft, and discipline: the writer's toolkit, handed down from Aristotle to Zinsser.
by Roy Peter Clark 2020
4.02
644 ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Rhetoric And Style📖 Narrative Craft
Plot Perfect
by Paula Munier • 2014
Build novels scene by scene, using theme as your compass and emotional rhythm as your engine.
4.25
461
🏗️ Story Structure🎬 Scene Craft🧭 Theme-Driven Fiction
Plot Perfect Summary
Plot Perfect 88%
Build novels scene by scene, using theme as your compass and emotional rhythm as your engine.
by Paula Munier 2014
4.25
461 ratings
🏗️ Story Structure🎬 Scene Craft🧭 Theme-Driven Fiction
How to Write Short
by Roy Peter Clark • 2013
Tiny texts, big impact: the craft moves that make short sentences stick harder than long ones.
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📝 Short Form Writing✍️ Writing Craft🗣️ Rhetorical Techniques
How to Write Short Summary
How to Write Short 88%
Tiny texts, big impact: the craft moves that make short sentences stick harder than long ones.
by Roy Peter Clark 2013
3.77
1k+ ratings
📝 Short Form Writing✍️ Writing Craft🗣️ Rhetorical Techniques
Description & Setting
by Ron Rozelle • 2005
Harvest details. Deploy the senses. Make setting an engine for character, mood, and plot.
4.02
954
✍️ Writing Craft🖼️ Descriptive Writing📖 Fiction Technique
Description & Setting Summary
Description & Setting 88%
Harvest details. Deploy the senses. Make setting an engine for character, mood, and plot.
by Ron Rozelle 2005
4.02
954 ratings
✍️ Writing Craft🖼️ Descriptive Writing📖 Fiction Technique
Smart Brevity
by Jim Vandehei • 2022
Readers give you 26 seconds. Journalists' best system for writing shorter and being read.
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10k+
📧 Business Communication✂️ Concise Writing👁️ Attention Economics
Smart Brevity Summary
Smart Brevity 88%
Readers give you 26 seconds. Journalists' best system for writing shorter and being read.
by Jim Vandehei 2022
3.92
10k+ ratings
📧 Business Communication✂️ Concise Writing👁️ Attention Economics
How to Speak and Write Correctly
by Joseph Devlin • 1910
Why short words win: a 1910 guide to writing and speaking with force, clarity, and correctness.
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2k+
🧱 Grammar Guides📐 Style Guides🗣️ Word Choice
How to Speak and Write Correctly Summary
How to Speak and Write Correctly 88%
Why short words win: a 1910 guide to writing and speaking with force, clarity, and correctness.
by Joseph Devlin 1910
3.62
2k+ ratings
🧱 Grammar Guides📐 Style Guides🗣️ Word Choice
Writing Alone, Writing Together
by Judy Reeves • 2002
How to start a writing group that provides feedback, builds accountability, and keeps you writing.
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78
👥 Writing Community✍️ Writing Workshops🖋️ Freewriting
Writing Alone, Writing Together Summary
Writing Alone, Writing Together 88%
How to start a writing group that provides feedback, builds accountability, and keeps you writing.
by Judy Reeves 2002
4.01
78 ratings
👥 Writing Community✍️ Writing Workshops🖋️ Freewriting
A World Without "Whom"
by Emmy J. Favilla • 2017
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
3.72
491
📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution
A World Without "Whom" Summary
A World Without "Whom" 88%
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
by Emmy J. Favilla 2017
3.72
491 ratings
📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution
Am I Making Myself Clear?
by Terry Felber • 2002
Ten clarity techniques from the world's best communicators, for making complex ideas stick.
4.16
488
💼 Business Communication🔬 Science Communication✍️ Clear Writing
Am I Making Myself Clear? Summary
Am I Making Myself Clear? 88%
Ten clarity techniques from the world's best communicators, for making complex ideas stick.
by Terry Felber 2002
4.16
488 ratings
💼 Business Communication🔬 Science Communication✍️ Clear Writing
Immediate Fiction
by Jerry Cleaver • 2002
A no-jargon writing method that centers on conflict and emotion, and how to finish the stuck draft.
4.14
755
✍️ Fiction Craft🏗️ Story Structure⚔️ Narrative Conflict
Immediate Fiction Summary
Immediate Fiction 88%
A no-jargon writing method that centers on conflict and emotion, and how to finish the stuck draft.
by Jerry Cleaver 2002
4.14
755 ratings
✍️ Fiction Craft🏗️ Story Structure⚔️ Narrative Conflict
Making a Good Script Great
by Linda Seger • 1987
Script doctor's toolkit: structure fixes, subplot craft, and momentum rules that sell a screenplay.
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1k+
🎬 Screenwriting🏗️ Story Structure🎭 Character Arcs
Making a Good Script Great Summary
Making a Good Script Great 88%
Script doctor's toolkit: structure fixes, subplot craft, and momentum rules that sell a screenplay.
by Linda Seger 1987
3.88
1k+ ratings
🎬 Screenwriting🏗️ Story Structure🎭 Character Arcs
How to Grow a Novel
by Sol Stein • 1999
The editor's craft playbook: what makes readers abandon a novel, and how to keep them turning pages.
4.06
845
📝 Fiction Craft👁️ Showing Vs Telling💬 Dialogue Craft
How to Grow a Novel Summary
How to Grow a Novel 88%
The editor's craft playbook: what makes readers abandon a novel, and how to keep them turning pages.
by Sol Stein 1999
4.06
845 ratings
📝 Fiction Craft👁️ Showing Vs Telling💬 Dialogue Craft
Monkeys with Typewriters
by Scarlett Thomas • 2012
Fiction is craft, not chance: the rules for plot, character, and sentences that grip readers.
4.17
534
📝 Fiction Writing🏗️ Story Structure👤 Character Development
Monkeys with Typewriters Summary
Monkeys with Typewriters 88%
Fiction is craft, not chance: the rules for plot, character, and sentences that grip readers.
by Scarlett Thomas 2012
4.17
534 ratings
📝 Fiction Writing🏗️ Story Structure👤 Character Development
Refuse to Be Done
by Matt Bell • 2022
Finish your novel in three drafts: a rough discovery, a full rewrite, and a layered polish.
4.43
2k+
📖 Novel Writing🔄 Rewriting✍️ Drafting Techniques
Refuse to Be Done Summary
Refuse to Be Done 88%
Finish your novel in three drafts: a rough discovery, a full rewrite, and a layered polish.
by Matt Bell 2022
4.43
2k+ ratings
📖 Novel Writing🔄 Rewriting✍️ Drafting Techniques
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