Self-Editing Your Manuscript: Stage 2 - copy editing - dialogue, punctuation, style guides and dictionaries

Date: Sunday September 29 

Time: 1pm - 4pm      

About the workshop

Are you unsure whether your sentences need a comma or a full stop? Do you want to know how to use a semicolon effectively? And what’s the deal with dialogue tags and punctuation?

Delve into the nitty gritty elements of language, grammar and punctuation to help improve your writing style when self-editing.

Ideal for writers with a completed manuscript who have already engaged in structural-level self-editing or those who struggle with style and clarity in their narrative writing.         

About Jess

Jess Gately is a freelance editor and publishing professional with a particular interest in speculative fiction. She is the President of Editors WA, sits on the board for Night Parrot Press, and has been a judge for the Aurealis Awards since 2019. Jess is a casual academic at Curtin University in the Professional Writing and Publishing major, and her Masters project looked at the editorial approach to fictional languages in sci-fi and fantasy. Jess is passionate about the power of language and stories to connect people and change the world.

Cost: $50members and eligible WUWA members. $62 non-members.

Click the button below to secure your spot. Registrations close on Saturday, 28 September, or earlier if the workshop is full. We have a waitlist in place if the workshop sells out.

Venue: Edith Cowan House, Building 20, ECU Joondalup Campus, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup.

Parking: Free on weekends. You can park in any bay on weekends. Carparks 14 (enter from Lakeside Drive) & 8 are closest to the house. Click here for a directional map.

Health/Covid-19: Please do not attend the group if you are unwell, have tested positive to Covid-19, are awaiting a test result, or are still recovering from infection. Thank you.