Course Overview
- Title:
- Becoming a More Effective Editor: Strategies for Editing Yourself, Others (March 2010)
- Type:
- Online Group Seminar
- Cost:
- $349.00
- Time Estimate:
- The content of this course unfolds over several weeks. There are few scheduled meeting times, except for several live discussions, so you'll be able to learn on a schedule that works for you. The minimum time commitment each week is three to four hours.
About Online Group Seminars
In an online group seminar, you will gather with other participants in a virtual space, logging in from anywhere, day or night, over the course of several weeks. A faculty member guides the group through new material, moderates discussions and provides individual feedback.
- Mar 8 to Mar 26, 2010
Materials for Week 1 are now available! Please begin with the section on Course Basics.
In a world where speed is of the essence, there's less time for the many layers of editing that have traditionally stood between writers and readers. Most writers are not trained as editors, but anyone who writes has a facility for language that can be used to edit as well. This course will help you identify the impediments to self-editing and show you ways to overcome those obstacles. You will emerge with techniques to polish your prose and publish copy with fewer errors.
What Will I Learn:
In this course, you'll learn to:
- Overcome the pitfalls of editing work that you have created
- Check your work for clarity, organization and understanding
- Find more errors in copy, whether of style, grammar, punctuation or flow
- Correct errors more efficiently and effectively
Who should take this course:
Writers and editors who want to look critically at their work in a way that avoids typos, errors in logic, flow or organization, or other flaws that lead to miscommunication.
Merrill Perlman
Merrill Perlman is a consultant who works with news organizations, private companies and journalism organizations, specializing in editing and the English language.