Showing 61–97 of 97 results
$400 (Members: $360) | How to become a developmental editor | 4 lessons | With Instructor Feedback | Intermediate On-demand course schedule must be arranged with the instructor as soon as possible after enrollment. In this class, we’ll cover the more in-depth concerns of developmental editing, diving deeper into issues like perspective and subtext. We’ll…
$400 (Members: $360) | How to become a developmental editor | 4 lessons | With Instructor Feedback | Intermediate On-demand course schedule must be arranged with the instructor as soon as possible after enrollment. This is a class about exploring how the use of effective, evocative language can support storytelling; it is not a class…
$400 (Members: $360) | How to perform book doctoring and ghostwriting | 4 lessons | With Instructor Feedback | Intermediate On-demand course schedule must be arranged with the instructor as soon as possible after enrollment. This class shows you the basics of book doctoring, coauthoring, and ghostwriting, which go beyond editing to actually writing and/or…
$400 (Members: $360) | How to coach writers | 4 lessons | With Instructor Feedback | Intermediate On-demand course schedule must be arranged with the instructor as soon as possible after enrollment. This class is designed to help you get started in offering coaching as a service to writers. Coaching can be a lucrative addition…
$400 (Members: $360) | How to create and sell classes and information products | 4 lessons | With Instructor Feedback | Intermediate On-demand course schedule must be arranged with the instructor as soon as possible after enrollment. This class will introduce you to a whole new set of money-making opportunities! I’m not going to pretend…
$400 (Member price: $360) | How to land indie author clients | 4 lessons | With Instructor Feedback | Intermediate On-demand course schedule must be arranged with the instructor as soon as possible after enrollment. If you’re looking to build a sustainable freelance editing business, this class is for you! I’ve designed it for editors…
$00 (Members: $360) | How to get work from publisher clients | 4 lessons | With Instructor Feedback | Intermediate On-demand course schedule must be arranged with the instructor as soon as possible after enrollment. This popular class is meant for editors with some experience who would like to branch out from working primarily with…
$550 (Members: $495) | How to do a complete edit of a nonfiction book | 8 weeks | Self-paced | Advanced In this class, you’ll perform a complete, actual edit of a full-length nonfiction book manuscript. The instructor will provide a class manuscript for you to work on or you may use a manuscript of…
$90 (Members: $81) | How to write and edit nonfiction book proposals | 4 lessons | Self-paced | Intermediate Nonfiction books are sold to traditional book publishers through book proposals. A book proposal is a special document that covers everything from who the author is and what the book is about to what the author…
$90 (Members: $81) | How to edit how-to and self-help books | 4 lessons | self-paced | Intermediate Prescriptive nonfiction, as self-help and how-to books are sometimes collectively known, is one of the most popular categories of nonfiction for both readers and writers. Nonfiction editors with skill in effectively editing prescriptive nonfiction can find clients…
$90 (Members: $81) | How to edit short nonfiction for print and online, including acquisitions | 4 lessons | self-paced | Intermediate This class introduces editors to the ins-and-outs of editing short nonfiction, such as articles and blog posts. Even for freelancers, such editorial roles often include an acquisitions component, where editors assign and acquire…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to become a developmental editor | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Beginner This highly popular class is meant for anyone interested in working with novelists to help them tell better stories. We’ll discuss the basics of developmental editing (what it is and isn’t), the methods of developmental editing in fiction,…
$330 (Members: $297) | Editorial Toolkit: Beta Reading | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Beginner In this class, we’ll discuss the basics of beta reading for both fiction and nonfiction, including: the differences between beta reading and other types of feedback and editing ways to establish those differences to potential clients so they see the…
$150 (Members: $135) | How to line edit dialogue| 2 weeks | With Instructor Feedback | Intermediate Line editors often feel confident about line editing a narrative – removing unnecessary actions, trimming down descriptive info-dumping, brightening up boring prose – but when it comes to dialogue, they feel less sure of what they’re doing. This…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to edit for plot and story structure | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Intermediate Plot and story structure (also called narrative structure) are the big-picture elements of storytelling that we might call “what happens” and “the framework within which the plot (what happens) is shown.” Authors (and editors!) sometimes think…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to copyedit fiction | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Beginner In this class, we’ll discuss the basics of copyediting fiction, including: understanding the primary goal of ensuring consistency throughout a ms how copyediting is different for fiction versus nonfiction using The Chicago Manual of Style to make editorial decisions the…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to become a developmental editor | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Intermediate In this class, we’ll cover the more in-depth concerns of developmental editing, diving deeper into issues like perspective and subtext. We’ll cover issues that crop up often: intensive developmental editing, editing more experienced authors who need guidance to…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to coach writers | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Intermediate This class is designed to help you get started in offering coaching as a service to writers. Coaching can be a lucrative addition to your menu of services and can be a great way to help writers who are not…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to edit for character development | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Intermediate In a well-written novel, the characters – especially the main character – will seem like real people who engage the reader’s attention if not the reader’s empathy. Authors often need our help in figuring out what to do…
$150 (Members: $135) | How to edit novel openings| 2 weeks | With Instructor Feedback | Intermediate Readers are judgy. When they’re deciding whether to read a book, they often give the author only a few pages – sometimes not even a whole chapter! This class is designed to show editors how to help authors…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to line edit | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Beginner This class introduces you to the main concepts of line editing, which is sentence-level editing intended to help polish an author’s prose. Line editing is in very high demand among indie authors, so it’s an excellent skill to learn. But…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to perform book doctoring and ghostwriting | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Intermediate This class shows you the basics of book doctoring, coauthoring, and ghostwriting, which go beyond editing to actually writing and/or rewriting an author’s work. Though much of the available work is in nonfiction, there are opportunities for…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to edit for world-building and setting | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Intermediate Though writers and editors have borrowed the term “world-building” from the science fiction and fantasy genres, creating a believable story world is important for any author writing fiction in any genre. This class shows how developmental editors…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to copyedit fiction | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Intermediate This class picks up where Beginning Copyediting for Fiction leaves off. It assumes you know the basics of using The Chicago Manual of Style to make editorial decisions, how to write editorial queries, and how to write (and use) a…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to create and sell classes and information products | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Intermediate This class will introduce you to a whole new set of money-making opportunities! I’m not going to pretend that there’s any such thing as “passive income” unless you’re super-rich and can live off the interest…
$150 (Members: $135) | How to edit the middle of a novel | 2 weeks | With Instructor Feedback | Intermediate We’ve all read them: manuscripts where the engaging opening yields to a mired-down mess. We call that the sagging middle. The tension depletes, the characters lose their way, even the antagonist is bored. The…
$330 (Member price: $297) | How to line edit | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Intermediate This is a class about exploring how the use of effective, evocative language can support storytelling; it is not a class about where the commas go. (That’s Beginning Copyediting for Fiction.) We’ll dig into more complex line editing issues…
$330 (Members: $297) | How to get work from publisher clients | 4 weeks | Instructor-led | Intermediate This popular class is meant for editors with some experience who would like to branch out from working primarily with indie authors. The information and assignments are meant for both copy editors and developmental editors. Face it,…
A query letter is a sales tool used to interest a literary agent in representing your manuscript, or, more rarely, an acquisitions editor for a publishing company that accepts unsolicited manuscripts. Query letters are typically one page and focus on what the manuscript is about with a sentence or two devoted to the author’s background….
A novel synopsis is typically a three- or four-page summary outlining who the main characters in your novel are and what happens over the course of the story arc. (If you’re writing a nonfiction book, see the Nonfiction Book Proposal Critique option.) Literary agents usually request these, along with a query letter, as a preliminary…
A manuscript evaluation is my feedback on your manuscript’s strengths and weaknesses based on my experience as a book development editor, acquisitions editor, and literary agent. I evaluate fiction in the following genres: romance (all subgenres), mystery, thriller, suspense, fantasy (all subgenres) and most science fiction. I don’t evaluate horror, children’s, or YA. For other…
A manuscript evaluation is my feedback on your manuscript’s strengths and weaknesses based on my experience as a book development editor, acquisitions editor, and literary agent. I evaluate fiction in the following genres: romance (all subgenres), mystery, thriller, suspense, fantasy (all subgenres) and soft science fiction. I don’t evaluate horror, children’s, or YA. For other…
Nonfiction books are sold to traditional publishers based on a book proposal, not a full manuscript. For indie authors, book proposals are a great way to plan how you will write and promote your nonfiction book. I provide book proposal critiques, including critique of a sample chapter or two for self-help and how-to books. The…
$175 Online Coaching for Editors and Writers. Both new and experienced editors sometimes need professional guidance in the craft of editing or in growing their editing business. Jennifer Lawler, an experienced editor, offers personal coaching to help. Coaching typically takes place via phone conversations (Zoom if you prefer) or through email. Types of coaching Jennifer…
$500 (Members: $450) | How to do a complete edit of a nonfiction book | 8 lessons | With Instructor Feedback | Advanced On-demand course schedule must be arranged with the instructor as soon as possible after enrollment. In this class, you’ll perform a complete, actual edit of a full-length nonfiction book manuscript. The instructor…
$25. If you’ve taken an instructor-led class from Club Ed but life got in the way and you didn’t turn in an assignment before it ended, now’s your chance to get feedback on that assignment. Once you’ve purchased the Missed Homework Makeup product, send along your assignment to ResortDirector@ClubEdFreelancers.com and I’ll return feedback within two…