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Learn Editing & Proofreading Tips

Learn Editing & Proofreading Tips with Bestselling Author Daniel Pink

Learn Editing & Proofreading Tips with Bestselling Author Daniel Pink

Learn Editing & Proofreading Tips

Learn about self-editing, feedback, titling, and measuring success from bestselling author Daniel Pink.

 

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Lesson Description:

It doesn’t matter what your role is: Every single role in business requires good writing skills. In this lesson, you’ll learn essential editing and proofreading skills from Daniel Pink, the author of four New York Times bestselling books. This lesson covers Pink's top editing tips that will help you find and fix errors, get the best feedback you can, and polish it. Learn what to look for when self-editing your piece, what effective writing feedback looks like and how to ask for it, how to choose the right title that draws people in, and how to measure your success. This lesson includes a worksheet that gives you a checklist of what to look for when editing and proofreading your piece that you can use as a reference whenever you publish a new piece of content.

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Daniel Pink,
Bestselling Author
Author of WHEN: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

Daniel Pink is the author of a variety of books on work, management, and behavioral science, four of which are are New York Times bestsellers: "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing," "To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others," "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us,” and "A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future.” He has been a contributing editor at Fast Company and Wired, and a business columnist for The Sunday Telegraph. His articles and essays have also appeared in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The New Republic, Slate, and other publications. Pink’s TED Talk on the science of motivation is one of the 10 most-watched TED Talks of all time, with more than 20 million views. Before venturing out on his own, Daniel served as Chief Speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore from 1995 to 1997.

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