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Editing a Better Book
A comprehensive guide to editing, aimed primarily at authors self-editing novels prior to publication or submission to agents and editors. Much of the book also applies to non-fiction and to editing for others.
The book is divided into three sections:
The first deals with the structure and plot, the second with specifics such as characters, dialogue and continuity, and the third with the details of grammar, punctuation and line editing. Within each section, topics are organised into short chapters.
I can’t guarantee you will write a good book, but I can suggest things you should look for when editing and give tips on how to find and correct common mistakes.
Suitable for UK and US English.
The book is divided into three sections:
The first deals with the structure and plot, the second with specifics such as characters, dialogue and continuity, and the third with the details of grammar, punctuation and line editing. Within each section, topics are organised into short chapters.
I can’t guarantee you will write a good book, but I can suggest things you should look for when editing and give tips on how to find and correct common mistakes.
Suitable for UK and US English.
90 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 14, 2012
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About the author
Ali Cooper
10 books12 followersI live in Devon, where I write books and songs, and teach guitar. I've also just recorded a debut album of some of my songs, On White Horse Hill, and it's available to listen or buy at alicooper.bandcamp.com.
My adult contemporary novels are The Girl on the Swing and Cave, both of which are available in print and on kindle. There is also a humorous novella, Bloody Scared, available in print under the name, Melanie Dark, and on kindle under my own name, and a YA novel, The Cat and the Cathedral, available on kindle.
My formal qualifications are in psychology and archaeology and these topics tend to crop up in my books.
My adult contemporary novels are The Girl on the Swing and Cave, both of which are available in print and on kindle. There is also a humorous novella, Bloody Scared, available in print under the name, Melanie Dark, and on kindle under my own name, and a YA novel, The Cat and the Cathedral, available on kindle.
My formal qualifications are in psychology and archaeology and these topics tend to crop up in my books.
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May 5, 2013
Too many indie writers rush to publication, but so do writers aiming for literary representation in the mainstream industry, and I’ve been looking for a book on editing that I can recommend to those who seek my advice. This is such a book.
In ‘Editing A Better Book’, Ali Cooper differentiates between the types of editing a typescript should be subjected to, and how to subject it to such without the writer going into emotional meltdown. Four sections are each split further for ease of understanding, with tips, examples and hyperlinks to useful grammar and punctuation checkers.
“Many people say you cannot edit your own book…” Ali Cooper says you can. With her leading writers by the hand, I whole-heartedly agree. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to aid their own cause.
In ‘Editing A Better Book’, Ali Cooper differentiates between the types of editing a typescript should be subjected to, and how to subject it to such without the writer going into emotional meltdown. Four sections are each split further for ease of understanding, with tips, examples and hyperlinks to useful grammar and punctuation checkers.
“Many people say you cannot edit your own book…” Ali Cooper says you can. With her leading writers by the hand, I whole-heartedly agree. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to aid their own cause.
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