Be Your Own Editor [Kindle Edition]

Sigrid MacDonald (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 20, 2010

Are you uncertain when to use affect or effect? Loath or loathe? Compliment or complement? Do you struggle with character development, establishing realistic dialogue and composing articles, proposals or manuscripts?

Be Your Own Editor by Sigrid Macdonald offers a crash course in grammar basics, starting with punctuation and proper use of the dreaded apostrophe. It suggests ways to identify frequently misused words; to devise strong characters and background settings in fiction; and to structure nonfiction.

Nowadays, we're all writers — we write blogs, essays and business proposals. Professional authors write short stories, newspaper articles and manuscripts. If your writing is good, but you question your grammar and organizational skills, this informative, reader-friendly manual is for you.

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About the Author

Sigrid Macdonald is a copy editor, a book coach, and a freelance writer. Originally from New Jersey, Macdonald currently resides in Nepean, Ontario. She's written three full-length books including Getting Hip, D'Amour Road and Be Your Own Editor. Her articles have appeared in Canada's largest newspaper, The Globe and Mail; The Women's Freedom Network Newsletter in Washington, D.C.; the American magazine Justice Denied; and the Toastmaster, a publication of Toastmasters International which is read in 80 countries. Sigrid edits fiction, non-fiction, short stories, websites and biographies, and helps people who feel stuck with their writing. She believes that a muse is someone who isn't afraid to make mistakes because more is learned from failure than success.

Product Details

• File Size: 116 KB
• Print Length: 162 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (January 20, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003LBS7OQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,116 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #8 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Reference > Writing > Editing
  • #13 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Reference > Words & Language > Grammar
  • #18 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Reference > Writing > Journalism

More About the Author

Sigrid Macdonald is a copy editor, a book coach and a freelance writer. Originally from New Jersey, Macdonald currently resides in Ontario. She's written three full-length books and her articles have appeared in Canada's largest newspaper, The Globe and Mail; The Women's Freedom Network Newsletter in Washington, DC; the American magazine Justice Denied; and the Toastmaster.

Sigrid edits fiction, nonfiction, short stories, websites and biographies, and helps people who feel stuck with their writing. She believes that a muse is someone who isn't afraid to make mistakes because more is learned from failure than success.

Read more at http://sigridmacdonald.blogspot.com/