Issued by: The Write Co.


So you've written a business report, a magazine article, a short-story, a manuscript, even a press release or a thesis... but it still lacks 'finish'. How do you get that diamond out of the rough without incurring the cost of a professional?

Amanda Patterson

So you've written a business report, a magazine article, a short-story, a manuscript, even a press release or a thesis... but it still lacks “finish”.
How do you get that diamond out of the rough without incurring the cost of a professional?
How is “essence” different from “excess”?
How do you achieve a high-gleam polish that would make your client, publisher or editor sit up and take notice?

The Write Co.'s workshop, Editing Edge, is designed to help writers and editors of all kinds to sharpen the cutting-edge of their editing.

“What many freelance editors don't tell you out there,” says course facilitator, Morné Malan, “is that most of the expensive work they do for writers and authors can be done - at no actual cost - by the writer him- or herself.

Morné Malan

Self-editing your work is cheaper because, once you have the basics of language practice down and your confidence in your English skills is boosted, there is simply no reason to pay someone to do your dirty work for you.
In fact, your writing improves drastically on the first draft. You're not wasting time on redundancies and superfluous wording.”
Malan speaks from experience: he has spent two years at a PR firm, writing and self-editing press releases; two years at a publishing house, working as a journalist and online editor for a trade rag; and no less than seven years as a bilingual copywriter and translator in the advertising industry.
On top of this, Morné is a published short story author and is currently completing a PhD in English.
“Writing has always been one half of my life. Self-editing is the other.”

Editing Edge is a one-day workshop presented at the Write Co's offices in Bryanston on Friday 27 June 09:00 to around 14:30, tea breaks and a light lunch included. There is another workshop scheduled for Friday 11 July.

The workshop will cover the following aspects:

• An introduction to editing and self-editing
• Punctuation
• Syntax, tenses and concord
• Formatting
• Figures of Speech and Style
• Editing practice
• Commonly confused words and expressions


Book NOW because places are limited. Book with Wiida or Bianca on (011) 706-4021 or on info@thewriteco.co.za




"Don't wait for inspiration. It's never on time."
~ Amanda Patterson

Johannesburg:
Tel: (011) 706-4021
Fax: (011) 252-8890
1st Floor, East Wing, Coral House, 20 Peter Place, Lyme Park, Bryanston.


Cape Town:
Tel: (021) 462 7580
Fax: (086) 617 3046
11C, Eleven on Buiten
11 Buitensingel Street
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Cape Town, 8018

Visit our PRESS OFFICE: The Write Co is a dynamic, growing business that promotes writing. The company excels in teaching delegates how to write for the print media, how to become the best editors they can be, how to master the craft of public relations writing and how to communicate with the media. The company launched The Media Savvy Suite, The Total Secretary Suite, The Say What you Mean Suite & Legal Writing Suite, in May 2007.- more....

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