Developmental Editing Archives - Editors Canada Webinars

Developmental Editing Skills: Clues to Help You Unearth a Story’s Theme

Presenter: Kathryn Jepsen

Language: English

Number of sessions: 1

Topics: Developmental Editing

Level: Intermediate

A developmental editor offers a writer a valuable outside perspective on their writing. One key skill a developmental editor of fiction should have is the ability to read a draft and identify its emerging themes. Knowing what themes underpin the different elements of a story can help a writer to decide what belongs and what […]

Beyond Inclusive Language: Developmental Editing for Conscientious Representation in Fiction

Presenter: Tanya Gold and Genevieve Clovis

Language: English

Number of sessions: 1

Topics: Developmental Editing , Diversity and Inclusion , Ethical Editing

Level: Intermediate

There’s so much more to inclusive storytelling than conscious language. Two developmental editors will walk you through considerations, strategies and approaches to help you strengthen inclusivity at the story level and support authors in creating more inclusive fiction. Presenters Tanya Gold (they/them) is a book editor, French to English translator, educator and literary omnivore. They’ve […]

The Ground in the Clouds: An Introduction to Structural Editing

Presenter: Molly Topple

Language: English

Number of sessions: 1

Topics: Core Editing Skills , Developmental Editing , Standards , Structural Editing

Level: Introductory

This webinar is held in collaboration with Word on the Street Toronto. Structural editing distinguishes itself by being a high-level kind of editing that might not touch the draft’s original language at all. However, that does not mean the structural editor works on groundless whim; because each structural editing choice is large in scope, so […]

Immersion Blending: Edits that Mix the Reader’s Mind into the Narrative

Presenter: Molly Topple

Language: English

Number of sessions: 1

Topics: Core Editing Skills , Developmental Editing , Fiction Editing , Freelancing , Teaching , Writing

Level: Introductory

When teaching authors how good fiction works, you can go through elements of writerly craft, and often that’s what they wanted and they’ll go away happy. Sometimes, though, they want more: how craft came to be and the secret mechanics underpinning it. Often, this ends with a recommendation to study psychology, in the hopes that […]

Worldbuilding in Fiction Editing: Theory and Practice

Presenter: Genevieve Clovis and Andrew Hodges

Language: English

Number of sessions: 1

Topics: Developmental Editing , Editing Specializations , Fiction Editing

Level: Introductory

In this webinar, geared towards developmental editors, Andrew Hodges and Genevieve Clovis will guide you through approaches to worldbuilding theory and practice.

Editing in Another World

Presenter: Ellen Forget

Language: English

Number of sessions: 1

Topics: Developmental Editing

Level: Introductory

Editing science fiction and fantasy genres is not as similar to editing other genres of fiction as you might think.