106-212 Principles of Editing and Publishing

Usually 25 points of first-year English, see Prerequisites, including completion of first-year creative writing prerequisites.

Through seminar-workshops and lectures from industry specialists such as literary agents, graphic designers, publishers and desktop publishing specialists, students will be able to demonstrate at the end of the semester basic knowledge of the range of skills involved in professional writing, editing, book design and production. The subject has six major components: copyright, contracts and libel; structural and stylistic editing; the 'nuts and bolts' of line editing, covering aspects of grammar, punctuation, and house style; proofreading; design, production and marketing; and ethics - misrepresentation, plagiarism and broader questions of author responsibility.

Written work totalling 4000 words. In addition an editing notebook will be maintained and submitted at the end of semester.

A subject reader will be available.