About Course

A focused course on refining your manuscript through systematic editing and revision. Learn techniques to strengthen structure, sharpen prose, and polish your story to professional standards.

What Will You Learn?

  • How to conduct a developmental edit: evaluating plot, pacing, and character arcs
  • Line-editing strategies for clarity, voice consistency, and rhythm
  • Copy-editing essentials: grammar, punctuation, and style guide adherence
  • Proofreading techniques to catch typos, formatting errors, and inconsistencies
  • A step-by-step revision workflow—from first draft to final polish
  • Tools and checklists to streamline your self-editing process

Course Content

Structural Editing Essentials

  • Mapping Story Arcs and Pacing

Line Editing Techniques

Copyediting & Proofreading Mastery