Edit discriminatory dialogue with sense and sensibility.

Hone your dialogue-editing skills
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This self-paced short course teaches editors about six adaptable tools that can be used when line editing dialogue containing slurs.

Sense and sensibility are at the heart of the teaching. You’ll learn how to offer solutions based on sound editorial judgement, and that respect character voice and dialogue flow, and all with reader engagement placed firmly front and centre.

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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

Download a beautifully formatted PDF transcript of the webinar.

Booklet

Learn how to create an outstanding editorial pack.

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
All beginner fiction line editors, copyeditors and proofreaders.
STYLISTIC IMPROVERS
​Intermediate fiction copyeditors and proofreaders who want to hone stylistic skills.
SPECIALISM SWITCHERS
Experienced non-fiction editors who want to switch to fiction.
SELF-EDITING AUTHORS
​Beginner and emerging authors who are self-editing a final draft.

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