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I’ve struck a fabulous deal with those lovely folks at the CIEP and all members can now save 20% on my courses. To get the discount code, log in to Promoted courses · Louise Harnby’s online courses. Then enter the coupon code at my checkout!

Preparing for Submission: 11 Ways to Make Your Prose Pop

This 30-minute webinar teaches commercial fiction authors 11 pithy line-editing tips that make a substantive difference to writing flow and reader experience. £24.99

Marketing Toolbox for Editors

This toolbox is packed with tips and tactics to help you with promotion, pricing, brand consistency, blog content, and your website. The goal: to get editing and proofreading work with a variety of different client types. £64.99
‘I can't afford not  to learn from Louise’ – Julie Gray, developmental editor

Editor Website Essentials

This course teaches you how to craft a visible, loveable editorial website! The 10-step framework takes you through the essentials of SEO, navigation, structure, visitors, UX, branding, web page copy, home page design, content and analytics. By the time you're done, you'll know how to build an effective web presence. £149.99
‘Will help any sentence-level editor save HOURS of thinking and writing time’ – Sophie Playle, fiction editor

How to Write the Perfect Fiction Editorial Report

This report-writing course helps fiction editors learn how to craft engaging sentence-level editorial reports efficiently. Discover how to save time and increase your hourly rate while providing feedback that demonstrates editorial excellence and builds trust. £79.99
‘I loved it … your insights and advice are insanely valuable’ – Angela Snowden, editor

Switching to Fiction

This fiction-editing course shows editors and proofreaders what else they need to know to move from non-fiction to fiction, and edit at sentence level with confidence. The 4-step framework covers readability, narrative, dialogue, and technical correction and consistency. Includes a complementary copy of my book Editing Fiction at Sentence Level. £59.99

To Visibility and Beyond

This course on business visibility teaches editors and proofreaders how to create reusable, knowledge-rich content. Learn how to be visible online, compel your ideal clients to hire you, and save time in your day-to-day editing work. ​£24.99

10 Ways to Get Editing Work Quickly

This webinar on emergency marketing helps editors and proofreaders whose cupboards are bare. You’ll learn 10 steps you can take today to get yourself out of a fix and secure clients fast. ​£19.99
​‘The perfect pick-me-up for any editorial business in need of a refresh’ – Lucy Ridout, fiction and travel editor

Branding for Business Growth

This 9-step course on editorial branding teaches editors and proofreaders how to build an emotion-based brand identity. Discover how to stand out online, attract more ideal clients, and build a longer wait-list. £79.99
‘If you do the work, your blog will be up and running within a week’ – Adrienne Montgomerie, editor

Blogging for Business Growth

This blogging course teaches editors and proofreaders how to create a discoverable, captivating and memorable blog that drives website traffic, increases visibility in the search engines, and generates editing work.​ £79.99

Social Media for Business Growth

This social media course teaches editors and proofreaders how to create a purposeful social media strategy that increases online visibility, expands audience, reinforces brand, and generates work leads. £79.99

Unboring Business Planning

This webinar shows editors and proofreaders why business planning is worth investing time in, and needn't be boring when it's framed around 2 questions: What do you want and how will you get it? FREE

The Differences Between Developmental Editing, Line Editing, Copyediting and Proofreading

This webinar helps new fiction authors and editors understand the differences between the various levels of editing and the order of play. FREE

How to Punctuate Dialogue in a Novel

This 20-minute mini course shows fiction writers and editors how to punctuate dialogue in a novel according to publishing-industry convention. FREE

An Introduction to Show, Don't Tell

This 2-hour online workshop introduces beginner fiction editors to shown and told prose and how it affects the success of a novel. You'll learn how to identify problems, craft solutions and communicate your guidance to your clients. FORTHCOMING

An Introduction to Narrative Point of View

This 2-hour online workshop introduces beginner fiction editors to viewpoint, narrative distance and head-hopping. You'll learn the foundations so you can identify problems, communicate the issues, and guide your clients towards solutions. FORTHCOMING

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SAVE HOURS OF WRITING TIME
Holy moly, Louise! I’ve just finished working through the course, and what you’ve provided is so very generous – and all presented clearly and beautifully. This will undoubtedly help any sentence-level editor save HOURS of thinking and writing time.

Course: How to Write the Perfect Fiction Editorial Report

Sophie Playle
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Fiction Editor

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Andy Maslen, bestselling crime author

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A TEMPLATE I CAN'T WAIT TO USE
Just working through the course has already saved me masses of time and mental gymnastics, and given me a template that I'm proud of and can't wait to use for my future clients. Thanks so much, Louise!
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Course: How to Write the Perfect Fiction Editorial Report

Cally Worden
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Fiction Editor

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I've had amazing feedback about my courses, and I've priced them so they're accessible to everyone – including those right at the beginning of their editing careers. However, if you decide you don't like the content of a course you've bought, email me within 30 days and I'll issue a refund, no questions asked.
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More course reviews

Andy Maslen, bestselling crime author

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LOUISE EXPLAINS EVERYTHING SO CLEARLY – I COULD LISTEN TO HER ALL DAY!
I highly recommend this course for anyone thinking of editing fiction. I learned so much from it and it gave me the confidence to offer fiction copyediting in addition to my board game editorial work. The webinar is excellent and Louise explains everything so clearly – I could listen to her all day! A copy of the book Editing Fiction at Sentence Level is included, which is packed full of information and examples that you can refer to time and again.

Course: Switching to Fiction

Rachael Mortimer​
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Copyeditor and Proofreader​

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Andy Maslen, bestselling crime author

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I CAN'T AFFORD NOT  TO LEARN FROM LOUISE
Being an editor is a rewarding but challenging profession. Imagine my relief when I discovered Louise Harnby and the resources she provides for editors to build our businesses! Louise really gets down into the nitty-gritty of a topic and crucially, you come away being able to put those tips into action.
 
I recently delved into three: How to Earn Passive Income (book), Editor Website Essentials (multimedia course), and How to Create a Pricing Strategy (book).
 
All three came at the perfect time for me. Professional enrichment is not a one-off. If we really want to flourish, we editors need to continually examine how we conduct our editing businesses and represent ourselves online.
 
Thankfully, Louise has a rich supply of exactly the learning materials that editors need – all easily accessible and reasonably priced.  Actually, I can't afford NOT to learn from Louise. 

Book: How to Earn Passive Income
Course: Editor Website Essentials
Book: How to Create a Pricing Strategy

Julie Gray
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Developmental Editor

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Andy Maslen, bestselling crime author

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THE PERFECT PICK-ME-UP FOR ANY EDITORIAL BUSINESS IN NEED OF A REFRESH
Doing this course is like putting your editorial business through psychoanalysis. Louise makes you drill down to the fundamentals: who’s your ideal client and how can you attract more of them? This is trickier than it sounds, but Louise guides you with authority and encouragement through the many stages. Branding for Business Growth is the perfect pick-me-up for any editorial business in need of a refresh.

Course: Branding for Business Growth

Lucy Ridout
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Editor of Fiction and Travel

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Andy Maslen, bestselling crime author

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EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND THE REPORT SAMPLE IS GOLD
As a career editor and a fiction writer, I give 5 stars to Switching to Fiction. Excellent presentation and the report sample is gold. I teach editing for UC Berkeley's certificate in editing program, but there's no fiction component. I'm hoping to be better able to respond to students' questions now and will point them your direction, Louise. Thank you! ​

Course: Switching to Fiction

Ann Cathleen Neumann
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Editor and Instructor, University of California, Berkeley​

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Before Louise’s course, I found myself taking jobs I didn’t want (but felt I had to), undervaluing myself, and suffering from impostor syndrome. Post-course, I am confident in my unique strengths as an editor and writing coach, and I understand how to best target and serve my ideal client.

Course: Branding for Business Growth

Susan Puiia
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​Editor and Writing Coach

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Andy Maslen, bestselling crime author

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WILL SAVE SO MUCH TIME IN THE FUTURE
I learned a huge amount from this course. Not only does it provide a template for structuring your own reports, but it also gives valuable examples of what to write in each section. I did fall down a Canva rabbit hole and spent far too long designing a cover sheet! But now I have a template and notes with a beautiful cover for writing my own editorial reports, which will save so much time in the future.

Course: How to Write the Perfect Fiction Editorial Report

Rachael Mortimer​
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Copyeditor and Proofreader​

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A TREASURE TROVE FOR EDITORS WHO WANT TO ADD FICTION TO THEIR REPERTOIRE
Louise's Switching to Fiction course is a treasure trove for editors who want to add fiction line editing to their repertoire but don't know where to begin ... Highly recommended for anyone looking to become a confident fiction editor!

Course: Switching to Fiction

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Editor

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BREAKS DOWN FICTION EDITING INTO UNDERSTANDABLE AND WORKABLE SECTIONS
If you’re interested in editing fiction, or just improving your craft as a writer, I highly recommend the Switching to Fiction course. Louise knows how to break down fiction editing into understandable and workable sections. The webinar provides you with a basic road map to the many different areas of line editing. The course book goes into deeper detail.

Course: Switching to Fiction

Sarah Calfee
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Romance Editor

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FANTASTIC PRESENTER, AND THE WEBINAR IS CLEAR AND INSIGHTFUL
Switching to Fiction is a great resource. Louise isn’t prescriptive; instead she radiates a cheerful, pragmatic sense of what works in fiction at sentence-level [and] gives you a range of tools to help you understand how to elevate your writing and editing. Louise is a fantastic presenter, and the webinar is clear and insightful. I love the accompanying book, too, which provides even more detail and backs up the messages from the webinar.

Course: Switching to Fiction

Jenny Williamson
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Proofreader, Editor & Writer

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Andy Maslen, bestselling crime author

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THIS REPORT-WRITING COURSE IS WONDERFUL
I found it useful not just for line-editing reports but for my manuscript assessments too, as a lot of what’s discussed can be applied there. I’ve wanted to overhaul my reports for a while; this course was perfect and has given me a lot to think about. And my cover page looks extra lovely!​

Course: How to Write the Perfect Fiction Editorial Report

Rachel Rowlands
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Editor & Writer

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