Antoinette Wayman

Savvy Self-editing: a Guide for Developing Your Own Editing Process Antoinette Wayman

You can't sell if you're not read. Getting read meansbeing ready with polished work. In today's tight, competitivemarkets, writers are expected to submit professional, finished work. Agents andeditors will not read past page three if the writing has spelling, grammar orpunctuation errors, or if the writing is dull, scattered or inflated. Agents and editorswant focused, page-turning, reader-friendly materialThe Savvy Self-Editing Book is a guide for writers to develop their ownediting process to suit their needs and vision. It breaks down the editingprocess into three stages: Content, Sentence, and Copy Editing. Itsconcise format gives writers concreteexamples, charts, and quick and easyediting techniques that make a difference! Here are some quotesBarnaby Conrad, Author of Matador, Director ofthe Santa BarbaraWriters' Conference:"An absolute must book for any beginning writer!"Charles Champlin,former Arts & Film Editor, Los Angeles Times, calls Savvy Self-Editing:"An amazingly compact treasury of priceless advice for any writer." "The Stunk L White of editing."Cork Milner, Author: Write From the Start, The Art of Interviewing; magazine articles for Writers Digest, Los Angeles Times, Playboy and Travel:"There is morefast information in 'Tony Jaymes' book Savvy Self-Editing,¿than any two-inch thick manual'