Copy Editor Course
This course equips aspiring copy editors with essential skills in Chicago style, house style development, sentence revision, professional querying, and fact-checking for non-fiction, particularly popular science.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Copy Editor Course provides you with practical tools to apply Chicago style, establish clear house rules, and produce concise style sheets. You will learn to revise sentences for clarity, rhythm, and flow whilst preserving the author's voice, manage queries with assurance, and justify your edits. Additionally, you will gain expertise in digital markup, essential grammar and punctuation, and effective fact-checking to ensure accurate and reliable non-fiction content.
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Develop skills
- Chicago style mastery: apply core rules, notes, and references with confidence.
- House style building: create, document, and enforce clear in-house style sheets quickly.
- Sentence surgery: tighten wordy prose whilst preserving author voice and intent.
- Professional queries: write concise, tactful author questions and edit rationales.
- Science fact-checking: verify data, sources, and claims for accurate popular science.
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