Streamline Your Freelance Editing Workflow

If you're struggling to keep up with technology and genre trends, count on EFA instructors to bring you up to date in a hurry. Quinn Foster will give you the rundown of the current top efficiency tools in their 90-minute webinar Helpful Platforms and Software for Freelancers, Part 2: Time-Savers on April 24. And you can learn all about the hottest romance tropes and essential story beats in Megan Hennessey's Editing Romance, a five-week course starting April 30.

These are just two of our many traditional classes, self-paced classes, and webinars. Take some time to flip through the EFA's new course catalog—it's searchable and sortable to help you find the right editing class, right away.

Whether you want to study at your own pace or learn with an instructor's direct feedback, the EFA's education program has everything you need to broaden your skill set and client base. As always, our library of recorded webinars is available for immediate viewing, so be sure to check it out for dozens of helpful sessions. And don't forget, EFA members get 20% off all our courses, and get many webinars for free. EFA members get 20% off all our courses, and get many webinars for free. Not a member? Join today.

Developmental Editing of Fiction: Intermediate
Course begins July 9.

This four-week class will take your developmental editing skills to the next level. You’ll learn how to help fiction authors shape their stories, develop their storytelling grit, and conquer the boring in their manuscripts.

Our students say...

The content was well thought out and presented. I appreciated that there were videos as well as text for accessibility. —A.A.

The content was very beneficial; I enjoyed the videos outlining story craft concepts a lot. Everything was good, honestly: the discussions, assignments, feedback, Zoom session. It’s a great course and Val is a wonderful instructor. —J.L.

Price: $350 for guests, $280 for members
🐦 Early bird discount! Register before April 29 for 10% off.
For more information and to register, click here.

Line Editing of Commercial Fiction: Beginning
Course begins July 30.

Line editing is the bridge that connects the grand architecture of storytelling with the intricate details of language mechanics, offering writers a holistic approach to enhancing their most important feature: their voice. In this four-week introduction to line editing, we’ll cover everything you’ll need to start working professionally with market-bound authors.

Our students say...

The feedback on assignments was exceptionally helpful in the learning process. —A.N.

I loved the ability to read the lesson text or watch videos. I am usually a better visual learner than auditory learner, so reading through the text helped solidify the content in my mind. I also loved how thorough the course was. —P.B.

Price: $350 for guests, $280 for members
🐦 Early bird discount! Register before April 29 for 10% off.
For more information and to register, click here.