Episode 104
8 reference books for business writing and editing
The Editing Podcast · Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)
November 22, 202211m 29s
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Show Notes
We discuss the 8 reference resources that we regularly dip into when we're writing and editing for business.
Listen to find out more about
- Penguin Guide to Punctuation: RL Trask
- Punctuation: A guide for editors and proofreaders: Gerard M-F Hill
- English Grammar in Use: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book: Raymond Murphy
- Your House Style: Styling your words for maximum impact: Christina Thomas
- Troublesome Words: Bill Bryson
- Everybody Writes: Ann Handley
- Hack the Buyer Brain: Kenda Macdonald
- On Writing: Stephen King
- Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style: Benjamin Dreyer
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Music credit
'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod
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