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Quick facts
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Medium of instructions
English
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Mode of learning
Self study
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Mode of Delivery
Video and Text Based
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Course overview
Editing strategies evaluate clearness, tone, and citations to make the text more comprehensible, whereas proofreading strategies eliminate errors and mistakes in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and formatting. The Complete Writing Editing Masterclass +An eBook with Examples certification course was developed by Sivakumar Kannan - Marketing Consultant & Coach and is now available on Udemy for students who want to improve their editing writing skills through self-editing.
Complete Writing Editing Masterclass +An eBook with Examples online training incorporates 3 hours of prerecorded video-based lectures supported by 2 downloadable study materials, assignments, and quizzes designed to teach students how to edit in the English language. By the end of the Complete Writing Editing Masterclass +An eBook with Examples online course, students will be able to draught copies of blog posts that are well structured, and simple to comprehend.
The highlights
- Certificate of completion
- Self-paced course
- 3 hours of pre-recorded video content
- 2 downloadable resources
- Assignments
- Quizzes
Program offerings
- Online course
- Learning resources
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Unlimited access
- Accessible on mobile devices and tv
Course and certificate fees
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What you will learn
After completing the Complete Writing Editing Masterclass +An eBook with Examples online certification, students will gain a hands-on understanding of the concepts associated with writing editing. In this writing editing certification, students will explore the fundamentals involved with copy editing, content editing, and proofreading. In this writing editing course, students will learn about various editing rules as well as will acquire knowledge of the concepts involved with homophones and punctuations.
The syllabus
Introduction
Basics of Writing Editing
- Steps involved in writing editing
- A quick reminder and a request
- Track Changes in MS word or Google docs
- Some helpful editing tools to complement manual editing
Writing Editing-Step by Step
- Step 1 Read the content out loud
- Step 2-Make sentences smaller
- Break this long sentence into smaller ones.
- Step 3-Clarification from the author
- Step 4-Remove irrelevant and duplicate points
- Step 5-Removing any contradicting statements
- Step 6-Replace Jargons with simple words
- Replace the Jargon with a simple word
- Step 7 and 8- Copyediting Indepth - Part 1
- Step 7 and 8- Copyediting Indepth - Part 2
- Step 7 and 8- Copyediting Indepth - Part 3
- Step 9 and 10 Subtitles
- Step 11 Providing a magnetic title
- Step 12 Proofreading and author feedback
Editing Rules with Examples
- Rule 1-Break long sentences into smaller ones
- Rule 2-Start your sentences with most important verbs or nouns.
- Rule 3-Add alliterations
- Adding Alliterations
- Rule 4-Avoid Nominalizations.
- Reconstruct nominalized sentences.
- Rule 5-Use stronger action verbs in place of weaker ones
- Using Stronger Verbs
- Rule 6-Remove flabby and redundant words and phrases.
- Remove flabby and redundant words
- Rule 7-Replace ambiguous and vague terms with simpler ones.
- Remove ambiguous and vague terms.
- Rule 8-Use subjects near verbs.
- Use subjects near verbs
- Rule 9-Replace hard to read word/phrase with simple and easy ones.
- Replace hard to read word/phrase with simple and easy ones.
- Rule 10-Beware of Ambiguous Antecedent.
- Correct the ambiguous antecedents
- Rule 11-Remove unnecessary implied words.
- Remove unnecessary implied words.
- Rule 12-Remove the word “that” if it doesn’t change the meaning.
- Remove the word “that” if it doesn’t change the meaning.
- Rule 13-Use simple tense in place of continuous tense if meaning doesn’t change.
- Rule 14-Separate two independent clauses with a semicolon or a period.
- Rule 15-Replace passive voice with active voice.
- Rule 16-Say everything about one thing before shifting focus on something else.
- Rule 17-State anything authoritatively. Avoid words that reduce it.
- Rule 18-Remove weak linking terms if possible.
- Rule 19-Replace intensified adjectives with stronger adjectives.
- Rule 20-Combine nouns + Free Writing Editing eBook
Grammar Rules for Copyediting and Proofreading
- Rule 21-Avoid overuse of adverbs
- Rule 22-Avoid too many prepositional phrases.
- Rule 23-Correct misplaced modifiers
- Rule 24-Ensure agreement of pronouns with antecedents.
- Rule 25-Ambiguous pronoun references
- Rule 26-Correct comma splices
- Rule 27-Correct sentence fragments
- Rule 28-Correct run-on sentences
- Rule 29-Rewrite Inflated sentences
- Rule 30-Avoid unnecessary “would”
- Rule 31-Correct dangling modifiers.
- Rule 32-Correct subject-verb disagreement
- Rule 33-Incorrect use of object pronouns
- Rule 34-Incorrect use of subject pronouns
- Rule 35-Inappropriate use of reflexive pronoun forms
- Rule 36-Incorrect use of "did" instead of "had" in certain “if clauses”
- Rule 37-Incorrect irregular verb forms
- Rule 38-Stop omitting “that” when it is needed.
Proofreading Strategies and Rules
- Proofreading strategies
- Spelling errors and homophones
- Homophones Quiz
- Punctuation mark - Period
- Punctuation mark - Comma
- Question mark and exclamation
- Colon and quotation mark
- Apostrophe and hyphens
- Dashes and Parenthesis
- Writing Editing Assignment
- Writing Editing Quiz
Instructors
Mr Sivakumar Kannan
Coach
Freelancer