Manuscript Editing: The Basics for Authors

Unsure about how to edit your manuscript? You know something is wrong, but you don’t know how you can fix it. Do your beta readers have some serious comments about the lack of editing? Authors, both new and experienced, have these issues, and they are fixable.

Manuscript Editing: The Basics will show you a simple method of editing. In addition, you will learn what stops most people from trying to edit their own works, plus much more. Starting with basic grammar mistakes that everyone makes, the course continues with suggestions that can strengthen your writing as you edit.

This 60-minute course includes:

Mod 1: The publishing world. The importance of a rewrite. What is your attitude? Why edit?

Mod 2: Why your brain works against you. What do these Illusions say to you?

Mod 3: Editing tools.

Mod 4: Most common grammatical errors.

Mod 5: Writing issues.

Mod 6: Editing methods. Different types of stylesheets. Spell check – is it viable? Using Voice Recognition software. AI and writing.

Mod 7: One simple method of editing. Other editing methods available to you.

Mod 8: Plagiarism

There are a number of handouts to supplement the lectures.

Once you clean up your manuscript, you have a saleable product that can be sent to a professional editor or publisher. Self-editing is a learnable skill that you will find invaluable in your career as a writer.