Style Editor Course
What will I learn?
Sharpen your editing skills with our Style Editor Course, designed for folks in Namibia working with English who want to be proper good at keeping the author's message while making things clearer and easier to understand. Get stuck into important stuff like making sure your edits don't change the author's own way of writing, being a dab hand with punctuation and how things are laid out, and getting the tone right for different people reading it. Learn how to use style guides properly and make things easier to read with tips that actually work. This top-notch, to-the-point course helps you make good editing decisions and explain your changes clearly, and you can learn at your own time.
Apoia's Unique Features
Develop skills
Enhance the growth of the practical skills listed below
Be a punctuation boffin: Don't make common mistakes and always use it correctly.
Make things easier to read: Use tools and tricks to make the text clearer and flow better.
Change the tone and voice: Write in a way that suits different readers properly.
Respect what the author is trying to say: Make edits but don't change their original ideas.
Use style guides properly: Know how to use and change guides for different types of writing.
Suggested summary
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours
Before starting, you can modify the chapters and the workload.
- Select which chapter to commence with
- Add or remove chapters
- Increase or decrease the course workload
Examples of chapters you can include
You’ll be able to generate additional chapters similar to the examples below
This is a free course focused on personal and professional growth. It does not equate to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate qualification, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.