Copy Editing Mastery: Learn Deep Editing for Content & Style

Course Overview

• Course Title: Copy Editing Mastery: Learn Deep Editing for Content & Style
• Instructor: Russel Brownlee
• Target Audience:
  • Beginners to intermediate level editors
  • Individuals with some copy editing or proofreading experience
  • Those interested in enhancing their editing skills
• Prerequisites:
  • Fluency in written English
  • Basic copy editing or proofreading experience is helpful but not required
  • A word-processing app (Microsoft Word recommended)

Curriculum Highlights

• Key Topics Covered:
  • The editing hierarchy and its five levels
  • Content editing techniques
  • Difference between copy editing and substantive editing
  • Structural editing techniques
  • Stylistic editing techniques
  • Combining all levels in a substantive edit using Microsoft Word
• Key Skills Learned:
  • Performing a content edit on any subject
  • Executing a structural edit
  • Conducting a stylistic edit
  • Integrating all levels in a substantive edit

Course Format

• Duration: 4 hours on-demand video
• Format: Self-paced online course
• Resources:
  • 7 articles
  • 7 downloadable resources
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Certificate of completion