Proofreading and copyediting

Dates: Thursday, February 18, 2010

Whether you are checking your boss' correspondence or your own, looking over reports, or editing a publication, this workshop can help you catch embarrassing errors and achieve a polished writing style. It also offers an opportunity to share with fellow professionals your experience working with the editorial process.

Topics covered include:

• Spot typos and mark them with proofreader's symbols
• Justify your editing changes without alienating the writers
• Use correct grammar, punctuation and spelling
• Proof with a partner
• Eliminate redundancy and inconsistency, jargon and clichés
• Solve writing problems using a variety of document forms

We cover your specific questions on proofreading and practice marking up a copy in a series of copyediting and proofreading exercises. You are encouraged to bring in a copy of what you typically proofread or copyedit on the job as well as examples from published materials with errors.

Your instructor

Gerry Max received a BA in History from Lawrence University, and, from the UW-Madison, an MA in Classical Languages, a PhD in Ancient History, and an MLS in Library and Information Studies. He has participated in seminars on Scholarly Writing at the University of California in Berkeley and in Davis. Besides working in writing programs at several UW campuses, he has taught Professional Business Communication at Concordia College as well as Writing Across the Curriculum at Lakeland College where he has also participated in their Writing Assessment Program. He has written professionally for individuals, institutions and corporations and contributed articles and features to various news magazines and learned journals. Recently he completed a book on the author Thomas Wolfe’s years, from 1924 to 1930, as an English composition instruction at NYU and is presently completing a biography on writer, and ghostwriter, Paul Mooney (1904-1939). His book on travel writers Richard Halliburton and Paul Mooney was published in fall 2006.

General Information:

Location: The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI 608-262-1122.

Time: 9:00 am-4:00 pm, with one-hour lunch break. (Lunch not included.)

Fee: $150, includes instruction, materials, refreshment breaks, CEUs and a non-refundable administration fee of $20.

Registration deadlines: Some classes have an enrollment limit to ensure individual attention. To secure your place in the workshops, please register as early as possible. If you do not receive our confirmation letters before the workshops, please call 608-262-2451.

Parking: Information is sent with your confirmation. If you are unfamiliar with parking in downtown Madison, it is strongly advised that you purchase a parking permit in advance from the UW-Extension Registration Office, 608-262-1122.

Cancellation policy: If you are unable to attend or arrange for a substitute, you may obtain a refund minus the $20 administrative fee by contacting our registration department at least 3 business days prior to the program. If you cancel 3 business days or less before the program, or do not attend, you are responsible for the entire fee. To cancel or arrange for a substitute, please call 800-725-9692.

Approved hours: The Department of Professional Development and Applied Studies writing programs award CEU's upon completion of the workshop. This one-day program carries 0.6 CEU.

For program information contact: Kathy Berigan, 21 N Park St., 7th Floor, Madison, WI 53715; call 608-263-3494; 800-442-4617. E-mail: kberigan@dcs.wisc.edu

 

Registration options:

 

By phone: Call 608-262-7942 or toll-free 800-725-9692.

By mail: Print, complete and mail the UW Continuing Studies registration form.

By fax: Print, complete and fax the UW Continuing Studies registration form.

Online: Secure online registration is available for this program.

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