Courses
Advanced Editorial
The Advanced Editorial course has been designed to allow those who have already completed the Editorial & Proofreading course a chance to concentrate on more specific areas of editing. The course is also suitable for who have publishing industry experience.
An optional selection assessment test is available for those who are not sure about their standard. The one-hour optional test is in copy-editing and proofreading passages. The object of the test is to see whether students understand and are able to use copy-editing and/or BSI Marks, have an understanding of House Style consistency and can spot errors/problems in copy or in proof.
ADVANCED EDITORIALCOURSE OUTLINE
Week 1: Copy-editing I
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Introduction to the course
- Difficult passages to copy-edit
- Problems with: grammar, punctuation, clarity and sense
- Style problems and making style decisions
- Internet-based publications
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PC language - male/female nouns, politics/tact
Week 2: Copy-editing II
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Preliminary pages
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Referencing - footnotes, end notes, bibliographies
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Setting styles - uses and how to mark them on copy
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Tabulated matter
Week 3: Working with designers and others
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Organising typography for heading, text and captions
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Casting-off (calculating how much space printed text will take up from ms)
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Drawing up type specifications for internal/external DTP typesetting
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Briefing photographers and illustrators
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The production cycle
Week 4: Page production
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Working with Quark XPress
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Setting up page grids
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Producing pages from layouts and marked copy
Week 5: Proof-reading
- Common problems in proof-reading
- Bad breaks
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Fitting problems
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Solving problems with cuts and inserts
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Marking up re-settings
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Marking up realignments
Week 6: The Examination
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A two-hour written examination, to include:Copy-editingProof-readingAdvanced grammarAction to be taken to resolve editorial problems
Course Fee: £460 + VAT Course Start Date: Thursday 14th October 2010
