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These books cover the basics:

• The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (includes CD-ROM Edition)
• Roget's International Thesaurus, Sixth Edition
• The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition
• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition, by William Strunk and E.B. White
• Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age

• Fumblerules by William Safire (Out of print)

Also, a basic guide to writing for TV and radio will answer most questions about the intricacies of scripting for audio.

These guides will help you design Web sites:

• HTML for the World Wide Web by Elizabeth Castro (10th anniversary edition coming in November, 2005)
• Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites
• Creating Killer Web Sites, Second Edition, by David Siegel
• Creating Killer Interactive Web Sites: The Art of Integrating Interactivity and Design

• Art and the Zen of Web Sites

Finally, I can't say enough about the following books by Edward Tufte:

• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
• Envisioning Information
• Visual Explanations

  These books are invaluable guides to effectively using visual information to tell your story. Tufte shows that effective writing sometimes transcends the use of words. At a bare minimum, you'll learn how to focus your message. This trio is also invaluable for anyone creating Web sites.