Editing

This 1-day Editing course is appropriate for any writer (not just Technical Writers). All writers need to have sharp editing skills to perfect their production. This course will develop and sharpen your editing skills and you will come away with an Editing check list and guidelines for good editing habits.

COST: $225  plus VAT (10 % discount for freelancers and former WritePoint students).  

Catered (kosher/mehadrin) dairy lunch included.

Course Objective: 1 day course designed to develop/sharpen your ability to edit your work and the work of your department members

• What makes a good editor?
• How to improve your editing skills
• How to use punctuation in technical and other writing - correct use of each punctuation (periods, commas, colons, semi-colons, em-dashes, en-dashes, etc.)
• Editing /English Trends (here today, gone tomorrow...)
• Overview of the Editing Process
  • Editing for content
  • Editing for format
• Effective editing
  • Substantive editing: identifying structural problems in the document; reorganizing information effectively, efficiently, reworking and rewriting manuals; communicating with others; considering the needs of the end-user; and dealing with issues such as gender, prerequisite knowledge, company conventions
  • Focus on punctuation: common errors and uncommon ones. How to spot them, how to fix them, how to avoid them.
  • Layout: what to look for, who should fix them, when, how, etc.
• Editing methodologies: how to edit a document effectively
• How much time does editing take: Estimating the editing process
• Editing Checklist

Contact seminars@writepoint.com to arrange a private course or to inquire about the schedule for the next one.