{"id":151,"date":"2013-12-17T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/blog\/2013\/12\/17\/tactical-tuesday-advice-for-self-editing-7\/"},"modified":"2015-11-25T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T19:22:16","slug":"tactical-tuesday-advice-for-self-editing-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/tactical-tuesday-advice-for-self-editing-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nChristmas
\nis around the corner. After Christmas is the time when I stock up on books on my three favorite subjects: storytelling, grammar, and punctuation. So, for your bookseller gift-card buying spree, may I recommend the following:<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nRecommended Reading<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
\nPunctuation and Grammar<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nNitty-Gritty Grammar (A
\nNot-So-Serious Guide to Clear Punctuation)<\/i><\/u><\/div>\n
\nEdith
\nH. Fine and Judith P. Josephson<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nPainless Grammar<\/i><\/div>\n
\nRebecca
\nElliott, Ph.D.<\/i><\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nThe Elements of Style<\/i><\/div>\n
\nWilliam
\nStrunk, Jr., and E.B. White<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nMerriam Webster\u2019s Guide to
\nPunctuation and Style<\/i><\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nSelf-Editing for Fiction Writers<\/i><\/div>\n
\nRenni
\nBrowne and Dave King<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nPunctuation: Plain and Simple<\/i><\/div>\n
\nEdgar
\nC. Alwaard and Jean A. Alward<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nThe Curious Case of the
\nMisplaced Modifier<\/i><\/div>\n
\nBonnie
\nTrenga<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nLapsing Into a Comma<\/i><\/div>\n
\nBill
\nWalsh<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nWrite (Or Is That \u201cRight\u201d?)<\/i> Every
\nTime<\/div>\n
\nLottie
\nStride<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nGrammar Girl\u2019s Quick and Dirty
\nTrips for Better Writing<\/i><\/div>\n
\nMignon
\nFogarty<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nGrammar by Diagram<\/i> (Book
\nand Workbook)<\/div>\n
\nCity
\nL. Vitto<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nA Dash of Style: The Art and
\nMastery of Punctuation<\/u><\/i><\/div>\n
\nNoah
\nLukeman<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nRecommended Reading<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
\nThe Writing Craft<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nPoint of View<\/b><\/div>\n
\nRivet Your Readers with Deep
\nPoint of View<\/i><\/u><\/div>\n
\nJill
\nElizabeth Nelson<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nThe Power of Point of View: Make
\nYour Story Come to Life<\/i><\/div>\n
\nAlicia
\nRasley<\/i><\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nShowing vs. Telling,
\nDialogue, Characters, Conflict & Pacing<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\nWriting Fiction for Dummies<\/i><\/div>\n
\nRandy
\nIngermanson<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nPlot and Structure,<\/i><\/div>\n
\nRevision and Self-Editing<\/i> and<\/div>\n
\nConflict and Suspense<\/i><\/div>\n
\nJames
\nScott Bell<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nThe Fire in Fiction<\/i><\/div>\n
\nWriting the Next Break-Through
\nNovel<\/i> (Book and Workbook)<\/div>\n
\nDonald
\nMaass<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nGetting into Character<\/i><\/div>\n
\nBrandilyn
\nCollins<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nCreating Characters<\/i><\/div>\n
\nTechniques of the Selling Writer<\/i><\/div>\n
\nDwight
\nV. Swain<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nBuilding Believable Characters<\/i><\/div>\n
\nMarc
\nMcCutcheon<\/div>\n
\n\u00a7<\/div>\n
\nThe Plot Thickens<\/i><\/div>\n
\nThe First Five Pages<\/i><\/div>\n
\nNoah
\nLukeman<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n Happy editing.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christmas is around the corner. After Christmas is the time when I stock up on books on my three favorite subjects: storytelling, grammar, and punctuation. So, for your bookseller gift-card buying spree, may I recommend the following: Recommended Reading Punctuation and Grammar Nitty-Gritty Grammar (A Not-So-Serious Guide to Clear Punctuation) Edith H. Fine and Judith […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[504],"tags":[131,67,92,32,73,132,10],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editing-writing-advice","tag-books","tag-editing","tag-editing-helps","tag-grammar","tag-punctuation","tag-storytelling","tag-writing-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}