Are you looking for some recommended places for continued learning about writing and editing? Check out these resources:
BOOKS
- Editors on Editing (compiled by Gerald Gross)
- On Writing Well (William Zinsser)
- The Elements of Style (Strunk and White)
- The Elements of Editing (Arthur Plotnik)
- Spunk and Bite (Arthur Plotnik)
- The Art and Craft of Feature Writing (William Blundell)
- Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
- Chicago Manual of Style (a great reference to settle disputes on usage, treatments, and other textual matters that inevitably arise during the editing and publishing journey)
WEBSITES/BLOGS
- Poynter.org (lots of good training–much of it free–about reporting, writing, and editing, especially through a journalistic lens)
- Copyblogger.com (this is for marketers, but it often contains some real gems about thinking through content and ideas and execution)
- Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips (lots of good tips, insights, and thinking about grammar)
- Writer.com (offers a quick refresher on some of the basics of writing and grammar)
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