How to Edit Your Own Writing

Edit toward your larger goals, think like your reader, and make high-impact edits for quick turnarounds

Editing your own work is about so much more than typos and spelling. In this session, we’ll talk about the many different kinds of editing you already do at work, and how you can learn to be more effective and efficient when you edit your writing.

You’ll learn how to frame your editing decisions in the context of your larger goals, think like your end readers, make high-impact edits during quick turnarounds, and know when and how to use different editing technologies.

You will learn to

  • Focus attention where it matters most for faster edits

  • Structure your edits from big to small for greater efficiency

  • Learn which features to focus on within sentences

  • Use editing tools like Grammarly the right way

Delivery details

  • 90 minutes

  • Delivered virtually

  • Great for large groups

Great in a series with

  • How to Edit Other People's Writing

"Many thanks to Casey for leading today’s Editing Skills training for my Corporate Affairs team. Quite simply, it was outstanding! We very much enjoyed ourselves and learned so much. Thanks for making it engaging and relevant."

—Kris Bahner, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Kellogg Company