The Elements of Editing

7 best books like The Elements of Editing (Arthur Plotnik): The Elements of Style, How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy, The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage, Fiction Writer's Workshop, The Elements of Grammar, Garner's Modern American Usage, Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific

The Elements of Style

Author	William Strunk Jr.
ISBN	0205313426

This book is good for the following things:

1. Propping up a short table leg

2. Lining a bird cage

3. Building a fire

4. Using as a coaster for cold drinks



I devoted some of my grammar thesis to criticizing this book, and it was time well spent.


Geoff...

How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy

Author

Orson Scott Card

Writing for science fiction and fantasy audiences can be the most exciting writing you've ever done. Your readers are curious and want you to take them beyond ""The Fields We Know,"" to help them explore the infinite boundaries of the worlds you create.

Here, science fiction great Orson Scott...

The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage

Author	Kingsley Amis
ISBN	0312206577

A Parthian shot from one of the most important figures in post-war British fiction, The King's English is the late Kingsley Amis's last word on the state of the language. More frolicsome than Fowler's Modern Usage, lighter than the Oxford English Dictionary, and brimming with the strong opinions and...

Fiction Writer's Workshop

Author	Josip Novakovich
ISBN	1884910394

This book exemplifies the best of a writing workshop: thought-provoking instruction, a charismatic teacher and illuminating examples from classic and contemporary literary masters.
Each chapter explores a different aspect of the art of fiction and ends with a series of writing exercises...

The Elements of Grammar

Author	Margaret Shertzer
ISBN	0020154402

This is one of the better books on English grammar and is good to have around for continual reference. The spelling rules at the end of the book were excellent. It's hard to believe how people learn English. The terminology itself is daunting - predicate, nominative, voice, case, transitive, pluperfect,...

Garner's Modern American Usage

Author	Bryan A. Garner
ISBN	0195161912

The first edition of Garner's Modern American Usage established Bryan Garner as "an American equivalent of Fowler" (Library Journal). With more than 23,500 copies sold, this witty, accessible, and engaging book has become the new classic reference work praised by professional copyeditors as well...

Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific

Author	Eric M. Bergerud
ISBN	0140246967

A brilliant history of the land battles in the Pacific theater of World War II, with stirring personal accounts of the horrifying struggle between the Japanese and Allied forces.

The horrors of WWII in the South Pacific extended far beyond the detonation of atomic bombs. In this revelatory...