A comprehensive course for business / technical writing, copywriting, email writing, content writing, blogging etc.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction to the Course
- Introduction to Editing and Proofreading
- In-Depth Editing or Deep Editing
- Steps Involved in Editing
- Proofreading Strategies
- Understanding the Context and Scope of a Piece
- Breaking up individual points
- Making Sense of Individual Points
- Deleting Irrelevant Points
- Eliminating Rambling
- Eliminating Repetition
- Verifying the Facts
- Removing Contradicting Statements
- Finding and Adding Missing Points
- Choosing the Angle
- Creating Categories
- Creating a Narrative Structure
- Ordering Points within Sections
- Creating Narrative Turns
- Making the Piece Read Well
- Clearing Up the Clutter
- Arranging Paragraphs
- Creating a Jazzy Intro
- Creating a Snazzy Ending
- Making the Narrative more Evocative
- Correctly Introducing Every Person and Entity
- Referencing
- Checking the Spelling, Grammar, and Punctuation
- Replacing Jargons with Simple Words
- Matching the Title
- Fixing Inconsistencies
- Addressing Trip-Ups
- Tracking Changes
- Useful Editing and Proofreading Software and Websites
- Proofreading Best Practices
- Finding Clients
- Marketing Yourself
Taught by
Prof. Krishna N. Sharma
