Editing Skills

Overview

What you will study

The Editing Skills course offered by Warnborough College will help you learn the Fundamentals of Editing for: Articles, Newsletters, Web sites, Blogs, Reports, Submissions, Resumes, Student Assignments, Letters, Books, or anything else.

• What You Write Matters

• When You can Edit Faster and Better: Your Writing is Better

• When You Write Better You Succeed More

It is said that the sign of a good editor is one whose work goes unnoticed – however those who reach this level of expertise are very much noticed by others. Anyone with superlative editing skills is sought after.

Do you wish to develop your skills in this area? Your editing efforts can bring greater meaning and clarity to a work, ensuring the author’s voice is heard and the message is clear. Editing is much more than reading and spell-checking however. It is a specialised area of writing which involves liaising with writers and publishers to ensure all sorts of documents are as good as they can be before they are published.

Editing is a process which involves a number of steps from securing the work, checking manuscripts and contents, copy or subediting, and ultimately proofreading. The complexity of what is involved varies with the type of work, the length of manuscript and the duration or time-frame allocated.

When it comes to editing, we all have a lot to learn – we all have improvements to make.

Whether your write for business or pleasure, on-line or on paper, this course offers you a flexible and accessible way to enhance your editing skills and understanding.