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Originally Posted by Nabeel
Hi Eleanor,
Which editing books have you found useful?
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My hands-down favourite, to the point of evangelism, is "Self Editing for Fiction Writers" by Renni Brown and Dave King. Annoyingly, I don't think it's available as an ebook, at least it wasn't when I got it. I actually keep it on my writing desk for easy reference, and it's taught me far more than any book on actual writing. I also particularly like that it doesn't deal in absolutes: it's more "consider if you do this too often or not enough, here's an exercise to help you figure it out."
There's an excerpt
here to see if its style gels with you.
Echoing everything
GMW said!