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Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing | 
 enlarge | Author: Claire Kehrwald Cook
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Category: Book
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 9613
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 219
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0395393914
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.042
UPC: 046442393911
EAN: 9780395393918
ASIN: 0395393914
Publication Date: June 30, 1985
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The essential guide for all writers. With over 700 examples of original and edited sentences, this book provides information about editing techniques, grammar, and usage for every writer from the student to the published author.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Author could have followed her own advise. February 12, 2009
Bitter Writer (CA)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
The long sentences and choppy -yes, I used choppy!- examples in this book are hard to understand. The examples the author offers as "fixes" to wrong sentence structure are hardly fixes. I finished the book out of principle, but after page 30 I hardly paid any attention to the content. reading "Line by Line:..." was painfully confusing. My advise? buy "Grammatically Correct" by Anne Stilman. Unlike Ms. Kehrwald Cook, Ms. Stilman does follow her own advise in writing.
 Line by Line by Claire Kehrwald Cook November 11, 2008
Vincent J. Arcuri (New York.)
As a new writer, I was looking for all the help I could muster so I searched the web.I also belong to a writing workshop and a fellow writer recommended this book to me. It has been assisting me with editing and rewriting my novel
"Nereid's World, soon to be for sale on Amazon. Oh...first I must complete the book and 'Line by Line is a big help...Remember 90% of good writing is rewriting. ... Line by Line is a good buy.
Vincent J. Arcuri
Completely demystifies the process of self-editing September 4, 2007
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
Based upon the Modern Language Association guidelines, Claire Kehrwald Cooks' instructive 'how to' manual for aspiring authors, "Line By Line: How To Edit Your Own Writing" completely demystifies the process of self-editing, a vital aspect of honing, polishing, and otherwise preparing a manuscript for publication. All the relevant issues are addressed including basic grammar; pruning unnecessary words and phrases; balancing related sentence elements; making subjects and verbs agree; using pronouns accurately; the correct usage of punctuation marks; and avoiding the 'questionable usage' of words and phrases. A welcome and core addition to personal and professional writing reference collections, "Line By Line" is especially recommended reading for aspiring writers, published professionals, business managers and government officials needing to communicate with clarity, advertising and public relations professionals, scholars and students, as well as technical and science writers.
One of the Best August 15, 2007
John Cain (Tacoma, WA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've bought a lot of grammer books over the years. Some of them are well written some are not. They don't help me much but I keep buying them and hoping that someday I'll find one that helps me with all my style problems. I consider Elements of Style the best of the lot, but this one is a close second. Her examples of good writing as opposed to poor writing are very helpful. She provides not only a poor sentence and an alternative one but also various alternatives of style and sentence structure. I think the process of working towards a clear crisp sentence very helpful.
Excellent help for aspiring writers June 25, 2007
J. Bosch (Sacramento, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a working writer who has found this book very helpful. An original hardbound edition holds an honored place in my library.
If you want to improve your own writing, then this is the book for you. You would likely only need one of the copy editing books recommended by other reviewers if you are (or want to become) a working copy editor.
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