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Copyediting For Self-Publishing Authors
Published 3/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 526.57 MB | Duration: 0h 54m
Learn how to edit your novel like a professional
Published 3/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 526.57 MB | Duration: 0h 54m
Learn how to edit your novel like a professional
What you'll learn
Familiarise yourself with the most common mistakes in fiction writing
Learn how to prepare a text for copyediting
Copyedit and proofread your text with a highly tuned system
Make the most of free tools to clean up your text
Produce a highly polished professional novel
Requirements
No previous experience necessary
Description
Do you long for publishing independence but don't yet have the skills? Are you determined to put out a professionally finished novel but without the exorbitant costs required for professional editing?Delivered by a trained and accredited editor and author, this course will teach you the skills you need. You will learn how to copyedit, proofread, and format your text to a professional standard, thus cutting out the excessive costs of editing that normally plague independent authors.First we will familiarise ourselves with the most common problems that editors of fiction face.Then we will learn, using a simple yet systematic method, how to prepare a text for editing so that we maximise our ability to identify and deal with errors in the text.We will then get to know all the free software out there that we can use to address the most persistent problems of grammar, spelling and syntax.Finally, you will be shown a very effective method for proofreading your text, a method which will make it much easier for you to really hone in on those niggling issues that don't want to disappear!Through the methods and techniques I will teach you on this course, you will develop the skills necessary for producing a highly polished industry-standard ebook, one which will shine on the bookshelves.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction to Copyediting
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Download the novel sample chapter
Lecture 3 Common errors in prose
Lecture 4 Common errors, a short exercise
Lecture 5 Exercise key
Section 2: Copyediting your text
Lecture 6 Preparing a text for first read
Lecture 7 First read key
Lecture 8 A run-through with Grammarly
Lecture 9 Word Spelling and Grammar review
Section 3: Proofreading & Formatting
Lecture 10 EPUB creation
Lecture 11 Formatting in Word
Lecture 12 Proofreading
Section 4: Summary
Lecture 13 Copyediting Summary
Lecture 14 Wrap-up
Lecture 15 Links and Resources
Self-publishing and independent authors of fiction
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