Electronic Writing Course: writing lesssons and exercises

Electronic Writing Course Editing Workshops

	The writing workshops show you how to edit whole documents - turning the theory you have studied in the Course into reality. click image to enlarge

Example of Editing

	As you work your way through the exercises, your writing and editing skills will improve. Eventually, you will move on to editing dozens of writing faults in the editing skills section. Here's an example of editing a 64-word paragraph. The second draft cuts the text to 29 words. The third draft produces a final draft of 18 words. You will learn this skill by going through the editing exercises at the end of this section. Let's look at one exercise. click image to enlarge

Trying an Exercise

	Here is Exercise 2. Having read the sentence, you would type your suggested draft in the yellow box, editing the words and phrases shown in bold. click image to enlarge

Following the Editing Advice

	When you have drafted your answer in the yellow box, you can go through the exercise by clicking the editing advice buttons. These suggested changes and explanations show how each change improves the draft. Click on the image below to see how the editing advice works. click image to enlarge