Class

CannyEdit - Editing workshop

Nairn Community & Arts Centre,
4 Sep – 4 Sep

Join CannyEdit’s experienced editors (and award-winning authors) Margaret Kirk, Pauline Mackay and Vee Walker for an entertaining few hours of immersion in the world of editing...

Presentation - ‘Editing tricks of the trade’
11.00am-11.45am
A light-hearted but informative look at an editor’s loves and hates.

Workshop - ‘Pruning and polishing’
11.50am-12.50pm
A whole-group workshop looking at when and how we need to reduce or expand text.

Bookable 1:1 editorial support sessions
12.55pm-1.35pm (9 max)
Times will be confirmed after booking. Editorial 1:1s will be booked on a strictly first come, first served basis. Editors can offer feedback on a sample chapter (max 3000 words) plus a synopsis (max 500 words), any genre (including fiction, children’s fiction, non-fiction and memoir) if emailed to info@cannyedit.scot on or before Wednesday 28th August but only once the session is booked and confirmed.

Presentation: £10
Presentation & workshop: £25
Presentation, workshop & Editorial 1:1 session: £40

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