"First published in Australia [in 1956] under the title Make your stories sell."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Confidence is the key -- Help! I'm stuck -- Substantive editing: polishing fiction -- Substantive editing: polishing nonfiction -- Writing essays: are we having fun yet? -- My first draft is finished: now what? -- Common spelling and grammar mistakes -- Punctuation: boring but essential -- Consistency -- Word usage: round up the usual suspects -- I can trust my spell-check, right? -- How to perfect what's already great -- Now i'm ready to submit to publishers! -- Editing e-mail -- Can I ever be grammatically lazy? -- Three years later.