Hone your fiction-editing skills.

Edit dialogue with confidence

This self-paced course teaches editors, proofreaders and writers how to format and display a novel's dialogue for clarity and reader engagement, and according to publishing convention.

Learning outcomes

After completing this course, you'll understand how to:
  • record and communicate formatting decisions
  • lay out dialogue on a page
  • display translated non-English speech
  • display non-English speech
  • format internal dialogue
  • indicate mouthed speech
  • choose the most effective font styling for dialogue
  • show emphasis, volume and doubt in speech
  • check the formatting of contracted forms
  • manage multiple internal snippets of nested speech
  • render spoken numbers for clarity.

Order now and start learning today

WHAT YOU PAY ...
34.99
+ tax
No time limits on access

The learning process

Video tutorial

Watch the video and prepare for the practice exercises.

Practice exercises

Test what you've learned from the video tutorial.

Model answers

Compare your work with how I tackled the exercises.

Transcript booklet

Download a PDF booklet featuring all of the video content.

Resource list

Discover other tools and resources to help you hone your line craft.

Closed captions

Deaf students can access a live transcript of the audiovisual content.

Who is this course suitable for?
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FICTION BEGINNERS
Beginner fiction line editors, copyeditors and proofreaders who are learning the foundations
FICTION IMPROVERS
​Intermediate fiction line editors, copyeditors and proofreaders seeking to hone or verify their skills.
SPECIALISM SWITCHERS
Experienced non-fiction editors who want to switch to fiction.
SELF-EDITING AUTHORS
​Beginner and emerging novelists who are self-editing a final draft.

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