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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Online
Starting at $720.00
As few as 10 weeks
3.0

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.

Winter 2025 Schedule

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Instructor: Jeanne De Vita
401025
Fee:
$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 January 22, 2025
Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

The Copyeditor's Handbook : A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications by Einsohn, Amy and Schwartz, Marilyn
(Optional) Got Style? : A Fiction Writer's Companion by Hardt, Helen

Contact Us

Speak to a student advisor. Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm.

This course applies towards the following certificates & specializations…

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