Copyediting for

non-copyeditors

This workshop is designed for professionals across careers who want to improve their sentence-level writing and produce clearer, more concise, consistent, error-free documents. This workshop also provides strategies for writers to consider readability and accessibility, and a refresher on commonly misedited grammar and punctuation issues.

Outcomes

In this workshop, participants will learn to:

  • Understand the differences and key tasks involved in substantive or comprehensive editing, copyediting, and proofreading

  • Better implement effective editing processes that allow not just for better mechanics, but also more readable, clear, and effective texts overall

  • Identify common errors and issues in grammar, punctuation, and clarity at the sentence level

  • Utilize strategies for better error correction and proofreading

Standard workshops are typically limited to 12 participants to ensure active engagement and individual feedback. If you have a larger group, please get in touch to talk about your options.

Duration

Pricing

  • This workshop typically runs in just one morning or afternoon.

  • This is a flat fee for each workshop session.

  • The client organization pays this registration fee for each participant attending the workshop.

Each organization is different; if this set of objectives doesn’t quite align with what you’re looking for, let us know. We’re happy to add to, condense, or otherwise modify any of our workshops based on what our client writers actually need.

To schedule this workshop or to learn
more, please contact us.