The Editor's Guide to Content Galaxy

The Universe of Good Content (Editor-1)


Description
This program aims to deliver concrete steps to help you become better editors whether in regards to your own work or the work of your separate team of writers. It takes the essence of a rigorous editing process which adheres to bespoke editing strategies at renowned publishing houses and media companies; and remold it to fit the growth of content marketing.

Key benefits:
• Critical reading
• Understanding the role of editor vs. copyeditor
• Substantive vs. non-substantive writing
• Text manipulation and how to spot a faulty logic
• Reorganizing and repurposing text
• Collaborative process between writer x editor
• Points of revision and constructive feedback
• Wordplay: means of articulation and expression
• Data x Text x Image
Content
  • Good Passage
  • Reading Material: Excerpt from Max Perkins, Editor of Genius
  • Reading Material: Spotting Good Editors, Avoiding the Amateurs
  • Lecture I
  • Exercise 1 - Sentence Snarl: Cari elemen yang bermasalah dan revisi
  • Reading Material: How to Edit Your Own Writing, NYT
  • Exercise 2 - The Legend of Prester John: Perbaiki kata kerja dalam tulisan ini
  • Lecture II
  • Exercise 3 - The Birth of Fanta: Revisi dan tulis ulang frasa di dalam dokumen
  • Video: Inside Random House
  • Exercise 4 - Alzheimer: Tulis ulang kalimat
  • Exercise 5 - Naga, Naga, Naga: Lihat kembali susunan kalimat dan korelasinya
  • Lecture III
  • Handout: Different Types of Editing
  • Handout: The Fundamentals of Editing
  • Assignment
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed