Editing and Publishing
English 434 (350-434)
Spring Course
Instructor's campus office: CRT 574; mailbox: CRT 4th floor
Instructor's off-campus office: Washburne Literary Services, 4465 N.
Oakland Ave., Shorewood, WI 53211-1662
Telephones: campus: 229-2709; off-campus: 961-1995; FAX: 961-1971;
email: ckw@csd.uwm.edu
COURSE INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS
Students in this course will learn the essentials of: targeting
copy for specific audiences, preparing manuscripts for publication
(including content editing, copy editing, and proofreading), the
production process, the business aspects of publishing, and the
fundamentals of layout and design. Although the course will emphasize
nonfiction, general audience magazines and books, other types of
publications will also be covered, including academic, professional, and
trade publications. The assignments are:
- Editor's column
- Line editing of magazine manuscripts
- Analyzing and writing headlines
- Reslanting an article for a different audience
- Evaluating book proposals
- Report on the production process of a local publishing concern
- Final group project: Publication of a newsletter, magazine, or other
publication
GRADUATE STUDENTS: Additional assignment of their choice.
GRADING:
Working with copy assignments: 25%
Book proposal, production process report: 25%
Group publication: 25%
All other assignments, class participation, effort,
improvement: 25%
