{"id":2323,"date":"2022-08-08T12:07:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T00:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csidemedia.com\/gryphonclerks\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2022-08-08T12:07:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T00:07:12","slug":"the-well-presented-manuscript-2022-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/gryphonclerks\/2022\/08\/08\/the-well-presented-manuscript-2022-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Well-Presented Manuscript, 2022 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve just released the third edition of The Well-Presented Manuscript: Just What You Need to Know to Make Your Fiction Look Professional<\/a><\/em> (link is to the book’s website, which also functions as a draft\/taster for it). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I originally wrote The Well-Presented Manuscript<\/em> because I could tell, based on the number of authors I saw making simple errors in their prose mechanics, that there was a need for a straightforward guide to give them the instruction that their schools had clearly not provided, or at least not provided effectively. (I recently read a book by an English teacher with an MFA in creative writing who made a number of very basic mistakes in punctuation and vocabulary, so what chance do his students have?) As I’ve continued to read and review books from a wide range of authors and publishers, I’ve gained a clearer view of exactly which issues are the most common, and found a few more that I’d not seen before or hadn’t thought through completely. Hence the new (third) edition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared with the 2020 edition, the 2022 edition is 40% longer, and the popular Commonly Confused Words section has grown by more than a third. (Not sure if you mean diffuse or defuse, crevasse or crevice, gambit, gamut, or gauntlet? We have you covered.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s now based on an analysis of more than 25,000 errors in close to a thousand books from publishers of all sizes: self, small, medium and large. It includes new sections on American versus British English, whether \u201calright\u201d is all right, \u201clay\u201d versus \u201clie,\u201d and the use of singular \u201cthey\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other sections have been thoroughly revised and expanded, and there\u2019s yet more advice on improving your comma usage in specific circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything is still directed at improving the working fiction writer\u2019s grasp of mechanics and usage, so that your prose reads smoothly and your readers can immerse themselves in your story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Well-Presented Manuscript<\/em> featured in Kevin J. Anderson’s NaNoWriMo bundle for 2020, which is why I brought out the second edition that year, and if you got it in that bundle, you will not <\/strong>get an automatic update with the new edition. If you’ve previously bought it somewhere else, you may well get the update for free – synch your device and see. It will depend on the outlet’s specific policies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t get the update automatically, it’s only $3.49 USD, and I think well worth it. If it helps you discover even one thing you’re getting wrong and correct it, my job is done. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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