Freelancing for Editors

WRITING X 452.3

Set the groundwork for work as a freelance editor in this foundational course offering tools of the trade for successful editors.

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Starting at $720.00
As few as 10 weeks
3.0
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What you can learn.

  • Learn to balance projects even as you find and begin new work
  • Develop strategies for maintaining client relationships
  • Identify ways to start and grow a business owned and managed by you

About this course:

Editors who want to work outside of big publishing houses can find success in freelance editing. Freelance editors must learn to balance projects, find and bid on new work, and maintain client relationships over time. This course will provide students an overview of the skills necessary to pursue freelance editing work and to operate a business with one employee: yourself.  By the end of the course, students will have the knowledge to structure and maintain a freelance editing practice.

Fall 2024 Schedule

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This section has no set meeting times.
Future Offering (Opens July 29, 2024 12:00:00 AM)
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Instructor: Jeanne De Vita
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$720.00
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Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after October 16, 2024
Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

Book: The Copyeditor's Handbook : A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications by Amy Einsohn, Marilyn Schwartz
University of California Press
ISBN 9780520286726
(Optional) Book: Got Style? : A Fiction Writer's Companion by Helen Hardt
Helen Hardt LLC
ISBN 9780990746126

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This course applies towards the following certificates & specializations…

Editing and Publishing
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