Course Details

Write Limited

Auckland workshops are held at either the Quay West Suites Hotel, 8 Albert Street, or the Sebel Suites Hotel, 85 Customs Street West, both in downtown Auckland. We will confirm the venue closer to the workshop date.

Full Day
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

If you are responsible for producing accurate, error-free documents, Editing and Proofreading is the workshop for you.

On this 1-day workshop you will:

- gain an overview of effective business writing from an editing viewpoint
- develop a structured editing and proofreading process that you can apply to
- all business documents
- refresh the modern rules of grammar and punctuation
- practise editing your own and others’ work.

Workshop topics

Editing

- Understand the difference between editing and proofreading.
- Define the editor’s role.
- Examine the purpose and outcome of each document before editing.
- Edit from the general (structure) to the specific (word choice).
- Impose consistency of style, tone, and format.
- Retain the writer’s voice.

Proofreading

- Understand where editing finishes and proofreading begins.
- Understand the requirements for successful proofreading.
- Proofread in stages.
- Use your computer to assist your proofreading.
- Create a style sheet.
- Use proofreading symbols.
- Identify common errors.