Advanced Copy Editing Training

Advanced Copy Editing: A guide to the latest editorial techniques and tools

You’re already a link in the sign-off process. So you have alarm bells that clang when you spot a lazy typo, spelling error or grammatical muddle. You’re probably sensitive to redundancy, repetition and waffle, and you probably have an instinct for things that don’t ‘sound right’. But the reality is that the English language is a frisky puppy: growing and changing all the time. New techniques arise, new trends emerge, new tools become must-haves – and there’s only one way to keep your editorial edge.

This course is ideal for those with some editing experience, but not necessarily an editing qualification.

It takes the basics of copy editing up a notch, with more in-depth attention to a higher calibre of errors and oversights. It also helps you to confirm that some of your gut instincts are right, while addressing others that may have room for improvement. Above all, this advanced editing course is committed to enabling you to produce quicker, more accurate, more sensitive copy editing. So if you’re an editor, a PA, a content manager, a PRO, a corporate communicator or in marketing, sign up now.

Advanced Copy Editing: Course Overview

  • Introduction
  • Taking the editorial role a little further
  • Mastering the art of reader analysis
  • The 3 basic writing (re-writing) rules
  • Improving editorial and writing style
  • Making the correct word choices
  • Rare errors and uncommon oversights
  • Eliminating redundancy
  • Jargon, clichés, buzzwords – and you
  • An in-depth look at modern punctuation
  • Common editorial obstacles
  • Unpacking the latest editorial techniques
  • Conclusion

Please note: final course content may deviate from that described above.

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