Bridgett McKenna is both an author and editor. Her The Little Book of Self-Editing for Writers [Kindle – $4.99] is an impressive resource. She also has a series of articles at her Point of View blog that covers many of the book’s topics. Here’s the list with links:
- Part 1: The Most-Hated Writing Advice Ever
- Part 2: Vampire Verbs, Zombie Verbs, and Verbs the Kick Ass
- Part 3: Attack of the Adverbs
- Part 4: The Weakeners
- Part 5: When Words Get in the Way
- Part 6: Secrets of Relative Velocity
- Part 7: Two Languages
- Part 8: Dialogue Tags
- Part 9: Dangling Modifiers
- Part 10: Passive Voice
- Part 11: Homophones
- Part 12: Point of View Violations
