Description
WRIT 320. PROFESSIONAL EDITING. This course provides an overview of key concepts and skills essential for the professional editor. It will cover standard proofreading marks, the creation and use of style guides, communication with authors and publishers, best practices in freelance editing, and feedback tools in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat. Students will gain competency in editing both fiction and non-fiction prose as proofreaders, copyeditors, content editors, and developmental editors. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Offered periodically, semester course, three hours.