Basics of Proofreading
What you'll learn
- Understand What Proofreaders Do
- Learn Proofreading Symbols
- Strategies to Proofread on Paper and Screen
- Proofread Business Documents
Requirements
- No previous experience required
- Desire to start a career in proofreading
- Open mindedness is required
Description
Proofreaders are normally the members of the publishing team that make sure that documents look and read their best before they are sent to print. Along with being able to recognize errors in written materials, proofreaders must be able to correctly mark the documents for corrections.
However, nowadays, with the help of freelancer marketplaces anyone can become a proofreader and offer their services online.
Proofreaders can charge around $20-$50 per hour
Proofreaders can earn per year around $50K working part time
Proofreaders can work from home or from anywhere in the world
If you learn how to become a proofreader, you will enjoy more:
FREEDOM – to be home with your kids, leave your 9-to-5 job, and work with who you want, when you want, where you want
FLEXIBILITY – to work when it fits best in your schedule
FINANCIAL SECURITY – side hustles can help you to stop living paycheck-to-paycheck, get rid of debt, take family vacations, and have extra fun money
Plus, proofreading is something you naturally do for free anyway. Why not get paid for those incredible eagle eyes you were blessed with?
So, if you’re excited to get started, I will see you inside!
Just click on “Enroll Now” button and I’ll see you inside!
Who this course is for:
- This course is for you if you’re willing to start a career in proofreading and copyediting.
Course content
- Preview03:23
- 06:55What a Proofreader Do
- 03:52Copy Editing
- 01:07Layout
- 08:14Paper and Screen
- 07:54Strategies to Check for Specific Errors
- 10:10Editing and Proofreading Strategies
- 08:01Proofreading an Essay
- 08:23Copy Editing
- 06:06Basic Copy Editing
- 05:54Simple Rules for Copy Editing
- 08:15Fact Checking as Copy Editor
- 11:26BONUS: Art of Writing Important Letters
Instructor
![Dina Jumabayeva](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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Hello, I'm Dina.
I specialize in the area of Alternative Health, Dieting, NLP and Business.
My classes are designed to help you heal your physical and spiritual self.
In my classes here you will learn diets, clean eating, how to improve your sleep, skin, health, detoxify, give up smoke, alcohol and prolong your life span.
I am driven by our belief in the power of flexible education to improve or build new skills and transform and change people’s lives for the better and help them to achieve their life goals.