This fourth and final course in the “Good with Words: Writing and Editing” series will help you master perhaps the most important step in the writing process: revising. You’ll learn about the difference between editing and proofreading. You’ll practice “un-numbing the numbers” so that data and statistics you use are clear and compelling. And you’ll be introduced to a framework for giving and receiving feedback that helpfully systematizes what should be cut and what should be kept from each draft.
This course is part of the Good with Words: Writing and Editing Specialization
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About this Course
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Learn how to become a better reader of your own writing
Apply the E-D-I-T framework
Identify uselessly accurate information
Create multiple ways to communicate the same data
Skills you will gain
- Persuasion
- Creativity
- Writing
- Time management
- Editing
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Editing and Empathy
Uselessly Accurate
Writer→Reader
Feedback Loops
Reviews
- 5 stars84.76%
- 4 stars12.91%
- 3 stars2.31%
TOP REVIEWS FROM WRITING AND EDITING: REVISING
Well done. Now that I have completed all 4 courses, I am as excited to use some of these concepts as I was to learn them. Professor Barry is awesome in his approach.
I did forget to leave this feedback on a previous review I gave, but I wish I had known this course was 4 of 4 prior to joining this class. I would have enjoyed taking the series in order.
I have always had a passion and skill for editing. This course honed my skills and improved my existing knowledge. Teachers are awesome and know their stuff.
Great course, Prof. Barry is a fantastic teacher. I learned some genuinely useful techniques to help in my writing and editing tasks.
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