Fall 2021  |  ENGL 3704 Section 001: Introduction to Editing and Publishing (22997)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Enrollment Requirements:
jr or sr or grad student
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Mon, Wed 05:45PM - 07:35PM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 102
Enrollment Status:
Closed (20 of 20 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
If the media doomsayers are right, editing is a dying craft. Right now, computer algorithms are writing high school hockey game recaps. Newspapers are shedding weight like dueling celebs in an US Weekly photo spread. No one is copy editing a word. But someone, somewhere, has to generate that alumni magazine, the St. Paul Saints season guide, and the co-op newsletter. In other words, a demand persists in the American marketplace for someone who knows how to turn pulp into paper. Or pixels. In this class, we'll study editing as a process, a protocol, and a philosophy. To elaborate, in the first weeks of the course, we'll study the conventions of editing (grammar, workflow, style sheets). In the second half of the course, we'll focus on substantive editing, shaping features, chasing accuracy, and wrangling the author. And we'll meet professionals who do it well. (Recent guests have included a game reviewer/editor and the founder of an online performing arts magazine.) We'll analyze why creative collaboration can feel like a playground brawl. Mostly, using real, raw manuscripts from newspapers, magazines, websites, podcasts and books, we'll practice how to screw up the written word - with the ultimate goal of screwing up a little less. prereq: jr or senior or grad student Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for ENGW 5401, ENGL 5711, ENGL 5401, or ENGL 4711
Class Notes:
Lara Mimosa Montes will teach this course
Class Description:
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Textbooks:
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