With advances in technology, publication has changed. Editors no longer serve as gatekeepers-especially with respect to online publication. However, this independence often comes at a price: lack of editorial oversight and assistance. This book will help you self-edit your work for publication. The principles detailed in this book apply to a wide range of print and online publications.
With advances in technology, publication has changed. Editors no longer serve as gatekeepers-especially with respect to online publication. However, this independence often comes at a price: lack of editorial oversight and assistance. This book will help you self-edit your work for publication. The principles detailed in this book apply to a wide range of print and online publications.
Naveed Saleh ¿is a best-selling book author, science writer, and editor. He has written for various online and print publications and is a long-time blogger at Psychology Today. He lives in Southern California.
Inhaltsangabe
Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part I: Style 1. Adverb Placement 2. Articles 3. Comparison-Formations 4. Personal Pronouns 5. Plurals 6. Prepositions 7. Present and Past Participles 8. Subject-Verb Agreement 9. Tenses 10. Who and Whom Part II: Diction 11. Attributive Nouns 12. Clear Antecedents 13. Comparisons 14. Core Modals 15. Figurative Language 16. Idioms 17. Jargon 18. Left-Branching Sentences 19. Misplaced Modifiers 20. Negations 21. Nominalizations 22. Noun Choice 23. Noun Strings 24. Parallelism 25. Passive Voice 26. Powerhouse Verbs 27. Preposition Stranding 28. Progressive Tense: A Linguistics Perspective 29. Relative Pronouns 30. Subjunctive Mood 31. Transition Words and Phrases 32. Using "as well as" 33. Verbals 34. Word Usage 35. Wordiness Part III: Mechanics 36. Abbreviations 37. Capitalization 38. Contractions 39. Interjections 40. Italics 41. Numbers 42. Orthography Part IV: Punctuation 43. Colons 44. Commas 45. Ellipsis Points 46. Exclamation Points 47. Interrupters 48. Possessive Forms 49. Punctuating Appositives 50. Question Marks 51. Quotations 52. Semicolons 53. Slashes Part V: Organization 54. Headers 55. Lists 56. Paragraphs 57. Sentence Length 58. Tables 59. Titles and Headlines Part VI: Online Publication 60. Header Tags: Titles, Subtitles, and Subheads 61. Keywords 62. Links 63. Meta Descriptions 64. Photos 65. Taxonomy Part VII: Global Considerations 66. Angles and Hooks 67. Audience 68. Hedging 69. Humanism and Unbiased Language 70. Identification 71. Narrative: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends 72. Paraphrasing 73. Prescriptive vs. Descriptive 74. Sources 75. Tone Appendices: deleteAppendix I: Understanding Editing deleteAppendix II: Grammar vs. Style deleteAppendix III: How Does Google Search Work? deleteAppendix IV: Updating Content Bibliography Index
