Publishing Training Centre: Rewriting and Substantive Editing

Some content requires more than just quick copy-editing. This course, which combines practical exercises with group discussion, will help you assess and improve these texts efficiently and effectively.

You’ll work on your own, in pairs and as a group to analyse the stylistic problems of different types of text, look at a range of solutions and adjust presentation and construction to guarantee effective communication. The result? New skills and techniques that you can use to tackle future problems.

Learn how to: explain why a piece of writing doesn’t work; present strategies for improving pieces of writing; adjust the level and tone of a piece of writing; apply the techniques learnt to any text to enhance its accessibility and sense.