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Description

Want to Become a World Class Writing Editor? Look no further. Your Search for a Solution Stops Here!
Course Coverage
Basics
The first section in the Writing Editing Masterclass teaches you the 3 major types of editing called
Content Editing,
Copyediting and
Proofreading.
Content Editing - Step by Step
The above types of editing are frequently applied by journalists of leading newspapers and magazines.
After learning the basics, students will start learning how to apply these techniques while editing a blog post.
So the lectures in the next section dive into each of these types of editing to show how to do them practically.
For an easy followup, all edits are done with a 12 step editing process that covers all the necessary steps.
At the end of these 12 steps, students will see a draft copy of a blog post is edited to near perfection by making it well structured, lean and an easy to read the content.
To make the entire process hands-on, students will download the attached draft blog post and edit the same in parallel
along with me.
At the end of that lecture, they'll compare their editing with the lecturer's edits and learn new ways to edit a piece of content.
Content Editing Examples
Obviously, not all editing rules will come into play while editing a blog post.
So, to make all the editing rules familiar to the students, a section containing these editing rules with examples is included.
Also, an eBook that contains examples of wrong usage and the alternative right ones are included.
At the end of learning these rules, students will be thorough in handling any editing job in the English language.
The takeaway from the Course
Students will learn the techniques of editing an English content to near perfection.
They'll become familiar to all the rules of editing and when to apply those rules.
They will become experts in converting a dry, boring content with a lot of errors into an interesting, easy to read, lean and error-free content.
Who is this course for?
This course is for
Anyone who wants to become a professional editor
Anyone who already is an editor and wants to raise their game
Anyone who wants to dramatically enhance their own writing by self-editing
Who this course is for:
Content and Copy editors, Writers and Entrepreneurs

What you'll learn

Learn to master writing editing including content editing, copy editing and proofreading skills.

Requirements

  • You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design experience is needed.
  • No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.

Course Content

27 sections • 95 lectures
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1-Introduction
1
1.1-Introduction
2-Basics of Writing Editing
4
2.1-Steps involved in writing editing
2.2-A quick reminder and a request
2.3-Track Changes in MS word or Google docs
2.4-Some helpful editing tools to complement manual editing
3-Writing Editing-Step by Step
14
3.1-Step 1 Read the content out loud
3.2-Step 2-Make sentences smaller
3.3-Break this long sentence into smaller ones.
3.4-Step 3-Clarification from the author
3.5-Step 4-Remove irrelevant and duplicate points
3.6-Step 5-Removing any contradicting statements
3.7-Step 6-Replace Jargons with simple words
3.8-Replace the Jargon with a simple word
3.9-Step 7 and 8- Copyediting Indepth - Part 1
3.10-Step 7 and 8- Copyediting Indepth - Part 2
3.11-Step 7 and 8- Copyediting Indepth - Part 3
3.12-Step 9 and 10 Subtitles
3.13-Step 11 Providing a magnetic title
3.14-Step 12 Proofreading and author feedback
4-Editing Rules with Examples
30
4.1-Rule 1-Break long sentences into smaller ones
4.2-Rule 2-Start your sentences with most important verbs or nouns.
4.3-Rule 3-Add alliterations
4.4-Adding Alliterations
4.5-Rule 4-Avoid Nominalizations.
4.6-Reconstruct nominalized sentences.
4.7-Rule 5-Use stronger action verbs in place of weaker ones
4.8-Using Stronger Verbs
4.9-Rule 6-Remove flabby and redundant words and phrases.
4.10-Remove flabby and redundant words
4.11-Rule 7-Replace ambiguous and vague terms with simpler ones.
4.12-Remove ambiguous and vague terms.
4.13-Rule 8-Use subjects near verbs.
4.14-Use subjects near verbs
4.15-Rule 9-Replace hard to read word/phrase with simple and easy ones.
4.16-Replace hard to read word/phrase with simple and easy ones.
4.17-Rule 10-Beware of Ambiguous Antecedent.
4.18-Correct the ambiguous antecedents
4.19-Rule 11-Remove unnecessary implied words.
4.20-Remove unnecessary implied words.
4.21-Rule 12-Remove the word “that” if it doesn’t change the meaning.
4.22-Remove the word “that” if it doesn’t change the meaning.
4.23-Rule 13-Use simple tense in place of continuous tense if meaning doesn’t change.
4.24-Rule 14-Separate two independent clauses with a semicolon or a period.
4.25-Rule 15-Replace passive voice with active voice.
4.26-Rule 16-Say everything about one thing before shifting focus on something else.
4.27-Rule 17-State anything authoritatively. Avoid words that reduce it.
4.28-Rule 18-Remove weak linking terms if possible.
4.29-Rule 19-Replace intensified adjectives with stronger adjectives.
4.30-Rule 20-Combine nouns + Free Writing Editing eBook
5-Grammar Rules for Copyediting and Proofreading
18
5.1-Rule 21-Avoid overuse of adverbs
5.2-Rule 22-Avoid too many prepositional phrases.
5.3-Rule 23-Correct misplaced modifiers
5.4-Rule 24-Ensure agreement of pronouns with antecedents.
5.5-Rule 25-Ambiguous pronoun references
5.6-Rule 26-Correct comma splices
5.7-Rule 27-Correct sentence fragments
5.8-Rule 28-Correct run-on sentences
5.9-Rule 29-Rewrite Inflated sentences
5.10-Rule 30-Avoid unnecessary “would”
5.11-Rule 31-Correct dangling modifiers.
5.12-Rule 32-Correct subject-verb disagreement
5.13-Rule 33-Incorrect use of object pronouns
5.14-Rule 34-Incorrect use of subject pronouns
5.15-Rule 35-Inappropriate use of reflexive pronoun forms
5.16-Rule 36-Incorrect use of "did" instead of "had" in certain “if clauses”
5.17-Rule 37-Incorrect irregular verb forms
5.18-Rule 38-Stop omitting “that” when it is needed.
6-Proofreading Strategies and Rules
11
6.1-Proofreading strategies
6.2-Spelling errors and homophones
6.3-Homophones Quiz
6.4-Punctuation mark - Period
6.5-Punctuation mark - Comma
6.6-Question mark and exclamation
6.7-Colon and quotation mark
6.8-Apostrophe and hyphens
6.9-Dashes and Parenthesis
6.10-Writing Editing Assignment
6.11-Writing Editing Quiz