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Writing and Editing: Revising

An essential course that elevates writing through systematic revision strategies used by professional editors.

access

Lifetime

level

Medium

certificate

Certificate of completion

language

English

What you will learn in Writing and Editing: Revising Course

  • Professional revision strategies for clarity and impact
  • Structural editing techniques
  • Sentence-level polishing methods
  • Audience adaptation during revisions

  • Collaborative editing processes
  • Style consistency enforcement
  • Final proofreading best practices

Program Overview

Revision Foundations

⏱️ 2 weeks

  • Covers the difference between editing and revising, macro/micro revision approaches, and creating revision checklists.
  • Includes document diagnostics exercises.

Structural Revising

⏱️ 2 weeks

  • Focuses on organization, argument flow, and evidence evaluation.
  • Features outline-revision mapping techniques.

Stylistic Refinement

⏱️ 2 weeks

  • Teaches concision strategies, active voice conversion, and rhythm improvement.
  • Includes before/after sentence makeovers.

Final Polishing

⏱️ 2 weeks

  • Examines proofreading techniques, formatting consistency, and reader testing methods.
  • Includes peer review workshops.

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Job Outlook

  • Professional value: Essential for writers/editors
  • Salary potential: Editors earn 50K100K
  • Industry demand: 5% growth for editing roles
  • Certification benefit: Recognized by publishing associations
9.8Expert Score
Highly Recommended
Master professional revision techniques to transform drafts into polished, publication-ready documents across genres.
Value
9.3
Price
9
Skills
9.6
Information
9.5
PROS
  • University of Michigan expertise
  • Downloadable editing checklists
  • Real manuscript examples
  • Multi-genre applications
CONS
  • Requires existing drafts
  • Limited technical document focus
  • Needs practical application

Specification: Writing and Editing: Revising

access

Lifetime

level

Medium

certificate

Certificate of completion

language

English

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