Summer School: Insight into Editing

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Sat 21 January 2017 – 10:00 AM to Sat 21 January 2017 – 4:00 PM

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Penny Johnson

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EARLY, EMERGING

Considering a career in editing? Explore the work editors do today, illuminate editing processes and learn the key tools, techniques and tricks of the trade.

Refresh your grammar and punctuation, and improve your ability to copyedit and proofread at a line level. Emerge with a swag of new skills and knowing what your next steps might be.

You will learn

how editing fits within the publishing process and what editors do
what house style is and how to use style sheets
how to edit for clear, concise and readable prose
how to spot and fix common errors
how to edit onscreen and use conventional symbols when proofreading

This workshop develops employment-related skills.

About Penny Johnson

Penny Johnson is a writer, award-winning educator, and accredited editor. She has worked on literary and academic journals, and writes the Nitpicker quiz for ‘The Victorian Writer’. Penny has been an editing teacher for more than 15 years and is a co-director of the Writers Immersion and Cultural Exchange program (WrICE). She manages RMIT’s Professional Writing and Editing programs.

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