Copyediting for Fiction

Copyediting for Fiction (WCWP-40336)
6 Weeks | $395 | Online

As a fiction copyeditor, you will be expected to guide the author through a full edit of the manuscript, including working with sentence structure, word choice, consistency, plot holes, timelines, and point of view. In addition, you’ll often be asked by authors to guide them through the publishing process after editing is done. In this course, you’ll learn how to execute a copyedit of fiction and maintain a style sheet, all while building and maintaining a collegial relationship with the author.

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand and edit punctuation in fiction
• Tell the difference between internal vs. external dialogue and how to edit for both
• Handle issues with timelines, plot, and setting
• Recognize competing points of view and how to best edit them
• Create and maintain style sheets
• Politely and appropriately query the author
• Consider other related services as part of an editing package

Quarters Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall | Online
Requirements: Microsoft Word (PC or Mac) and internet access. Latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Contact: For more information about this course, please email ahl@ucsd.edu.

Note: This online course is not self-paced. There are assignments and readings with weekly due dates.

Course Number: WCWP-40336
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Copyediting

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9/20/2021 - 10/30/2021

$395

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• SECTION ID:

  159107

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Toth, Susan

  Sue Toth teaches Editing for Fiction , an optional course in copyediting. Sue owns her own editing business, Sue Toth Writing and Editing Services . Her specialty is collaborating with fiction authors on developmental and copy editing. She has been working on fiction for more than a decade. Sue also teaches Copyediting for Fiction at the University of San Diego Extension and journalism at Bergen Community College in New Jersey, where she is the advisor of the school’s newspaper, The Torch. She has taught English Composition as well as public speaking and communications courses.  

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print 2nd
  by Renni Browne & Dave King
  ISBN / ASIN: 0060545690

  The Chicago Manual of Style (Hard copy or online version accepted.) 17th
  by
  ISBN / ASIN: 9780226287058

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  Early enrollment advised.
  No refunds after: 9/24/2021.
  

• NOTE:

  "This is an online course; all class sessions are taught online. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears in the LOCATION section."

• DATE & LOCATION:

  9/20/2021 - 10/30/2021
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.