Editing


The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, with Exercises and Answer Keys
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
The Elements of Style
Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
The Chicago Manual of Style
The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know
The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know About What Editors Do
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
Directing Actors by Judith WestonIn the Blink of an Eye by Walter MurchOn Directing Film by David MametProducing and Directing the Short Film and Video by Peter W. ReaMaking Movies by Sidney Lumet
To Be A Filmmaker
24 books — 12 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Writing Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergWild Mind by Natalie Goldberg
Being a Better Writer
112 books — 58 voters

The Copyeditor's Handbook by Amy EinsohnThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussOn writing well by William ZinsserThe Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Press
Best Books for Editors
89 books — 44 voters


Suzanne Finnamore
For most people, I edit. Most people are definitely getting along on the Cliffs Notes.
Suzanne Finnamore, Otherwise Engaged

Jaclyn Moriarty
When she got back from taking Cassie to school Fancy knew that she ought to be working on her wilderness romance. She had promised thirty thousand words to her editor by tomorrow, and she had only written eleven. Specifically: His rhinoceros smelled like a poppadom: sweaty, salty, strange and strong. Her editor would cut that line.
Jaclyn Moriarty, The Spell Book of Listen Taylor

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