This course is for you if you're thinking about a career in copyediting, if you've been working as an editor for a while but without any formal training, or if you'd like to find out about how to move from proofreading to copyediting.
This is the virtual learning version of Copyediting 1: Introduction, the first in the CIEP's suite of core Copyediting courses. The course includes five webinars which all students will join on set dates and times, all of which are delivered via Zoom. Read below to find out more about the course and how to book your place.
The virtual learning version of Copyediting 1: Introduction is delivered over five live webinars, each lasting two hours. A short pre-webinar exercise will be set ahead of each session. Delegates are required to attend all webinars and sessions run as follows:
Session 1, Tuesday 29 October 10.00am-12.00pm (GMT) - where copyediting fits in the publishing process and how it differs from proofreading; how far to go when copyediting; how the brief from the client can help you judge the level of intervention
Session 2, Tuesday 5 Novemebr 10.00am-12.00pm (GMT) - style guides and style sheets; copyediting fiction
Session 3, Tuesday 12 Novemebr 10.00am-12.00pm (GMT) - non-fiction editing; quotations, list and notes
Session 4, Tuesday 19 Novemebr 10.00am-12.00pm (GMT) - non-fiction editing continued; illustrations and tables
Session 5, Tuesday 26 Novemebr 10.00am-12.00pm (GMT) - humorous texts; where to go next; final Q&A
Places on our virtual learning courses are limited and sell out quickly. If your chosen course is already fully booked, please email [email protected] to be added to the waiting list.
Please note that we use Zoom for our online courses. Please ensure that you are able to access this system where you are based before booking your place. Please note the CIEP's terms and conditions before booking your place.
Jane has worked with books for all her working life (which is rather more years than she cares to admit), starting life as a chartered librarian in the field of mining and metallurgy. While raising her two children, she started a freelance editing business, which she maintained for 15 years before going back into full-time employment as Head of Publishing for a medical royal college, publishing a varied book list, several journals and an online distance-learning programme, together with a plethora of official reports and, of course, College teddy bears. Part of her role involved training editors, authors, administrative staff and anyone else who was interested in copyediting and proofreading. She officially retired in 2011, when she returned to her freelance editorial business. She is also heavily involved in the lives of her four grandchildren. In her ‘spare time’ she keeps four freeloading hens, who only lay eggs when the feel like it, and sings with two local choral societies, which keeps her sane.
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