Description

$90 (Members: $81) | How to identify developmental problems in nonfiction| 4 lessons | Self-paced | Beginner

This class focuses on book-length nonfiction and covers:

Differences in working with indie author clients, book publisher clients, and other types of corporate clients
Common legal concerns including libel and invasion of privacy
Understanding the revision process
Overview of common developmental problems and how to identify them
Spotting and treating structural problems
Using the book proposal in the editing process
Creating an editing plan
Editing front matter and back matter
Coding and styling manuscripts
Getting started as a freelance developmental editor

Each lesson includes an assignment and an answer key for you to evaluate your own work.

Please take Basics of Developmental Editing for Nonfiction before you begin this class.

The class is entirely online and asynchronous (you don’t have to be in any particular place at any particular time to participate).

Principles of Developmental Editing for Nonfiction