Editing CAN be taught, like any art. In this episode, I present my rebuttal to Rich Adin’s assertion that editing cannot be taught, over on the An American Editor blog.
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Mentioned in this episode:
- Original post: Yes, editing CAN be taught
- Rich Adin | An American Editor: Is editing teachable?
- Meeting Professional Editorial Standards
- Quick Fixes for Business Writing: An Eight-Step Editing Process to Find and Correct Common Readability Problems
- The Copyeditor’s Handbook
- Starter Kit for Editors on the RA&PB blog
- learn how to boss Word around; make it do your bidding
- Editors’ Association of Canada certification
- American Copy Editors’ Society certificate
The image for this episode is by Dan Foy, used under CC BY 2.0 license.
