The Art and Craft of Editing 

18th Nov 2020 10:00am-1:00pm 

To attend this course please book on Inkpath. Inkpath is an app available to all Techne students, if you're not already using please click here to find out how to get started. 

Editing can generate almost visceral anxiety in researchers. How should I go about it? What if I have to rewrite the whole thing? This highly practical online workshop clarifies the difference between writing and editing; examines different types of editing; acknowledges the emotional impact of self-editing and being edited by others; and offers strategies and frameworks to turn editing into a manageable, even enjoyable, part of the writing process. 

A 3 hour zoom session (divided into 2 hours/30 minute break/1 hour) is followed by five 1-1 consultation slots (30 mins), bookable in advance on a first-come, first-served basis. Information about how to sign up for one-to-one slots will be sent to participants in the run up to the workshop.

Katie Grant FHEA co-created the Advancing Academic Writing skills website for the University of Glasgow, where she was the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow for three years, helping undergraduates, Masters and PhD students with their writing. A columnist, occasional broadcaster, author of ten novels (Sedition, her latest, is published by Virago), chair of the judges for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and an occasional book reviewer for, amongst other publications, the New York Times, she runs writing workshops on improving the quality, reach and impact of academic writing for all levels of HE. Long experience of the practical, emotional and organisational challenges of writing for deadlines and for different audiences informs all her workshops. She understands from first-hand the value of getting writing done and getting it done well.