Editor-proof your writing

By Don McNair

Subjects: Authorship, marketing, Authorship, Marketing, Editing

Description: McNair explains the common mistakes made by most writers and shows how eliminating unnecessary words strengthens action, shorten sentences, and makes writing crackle with life. Containing twenty-one simple, straightforward principles, Editor-proof your writing teaches how to edit weak verb forms, strip away author intrusions, ban redundancies, eliminate foggy phrases, correct passive-voice sentences, slash misused and overused words, and fix other writing mistakes.