You've finally written your piece, but something about it is a bit off... but what?
The Writer's Eye: Editing Like a Writer is a course that will give you a repeatable process for troubleshooting your own written work. Through a ton of writing drills, we'll train your eye in paying attention to the words and sentences that create the reading experience. By the end of class, you'll have practiced spotting what works and what doesn't, understanding why something doesn't work, and identifying what can be done to make it work—transforming that ugly zero draft into polished writing.
Minimum age for this workshop: 14 years oldOnline class duration: 7 days
Note: This course is part of our Storywriting Skills Series, which is a more advanced set of courses compared to the rest of our offerings. We recommend this series to those who have taken at least one of our Niche or Storywriting Basics Courses. Despite that, we do not impose any pre-requisites for this course, especially if the student decides that this is the class they need.
Our teacher
The Writer's Eye: Editing Like a Writer is taught by Filipino writing teacher, Dr. Joem Antonio. A published author and playwright, he holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from UP Diliman and is an eight-time Palanca Award winner. He believes that writing is a skill that can be learned by even those who weren't magically "born with the talent." Through his writing courses and workshops, he teaches writing as a science, leaving students with clear methods that allow them to move their writing projects forward.
What you get with each online writing course registration
You'll do the coursework at your own pace, but as with most writing projects, you'll have a deadline.
The moment you join the class in Google Classroom, you'll have access to all the coursework (text lectures and writing exercises), which you're meant to go through at your own schedule while aiming to finish within seven days. This mimics the typical working conditions of a writer: you have control over how you get your writing done, but your boss or client will likely have deadlines for you to meet.
Your writing coach will give you feedback.
Your assigned coach will review your writing exercises and comment on your work as needed. Your coach will also offer you one coaching call (video or voice) to discuss your goals and circumstances. This call is the only synchronous event in the online course. If you'd rather not have this coaching call, you may opt out of it.
Meet the deadline, receive a digital certificate.
If you finish all the required exercises on or before the deadline, we'll send you a digital certificate. In case you don't finish by the deadline, you may continue working on the exercises on your own, without receiving feedback from your coach. (Note: We also allow you to pay for additional weeks of coaching and extensions of your deadline, but we'd really rather you finished on time!)
Apply what you've learned by submitting your draft or outline for a story consultation.
After the end of your seven-day online course, you'll have 28 days to submit a draft or outline (maximum 2,500 words) for a complimentary story consultation. We will have 2-3 story consultants comment on your work.
Online Class Schedules
We hold classes for eight weeks each quarter. Take a Solo Class and choose a class week that fits your schedule, or get the best price by joining a Group Class.
Solo Classes
Take this course during your preferred class week.
Solo class fee: US$80.00/PH₱4,200.00* (must be fully paid before the start of class)
3rd Quarter, 2022
July 16-22, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
July 23-29, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
July 30-August 5, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
August 6-12, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
August 13-19, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
August 20-26, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
August 27-September 2, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
4th Quarter, 2022
October 15-21, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
October 22-28, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
October 29-November 4, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
November 5-11, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
November 12-18, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
November 19-25, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
November 26-December 2, 2022 (Saturday-Friday), 12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00
Group Classes
Get the best prices when you join group schedules! We run one group class for each course every quarter.
International Students
Group class fee: US$70.00* (must be fully paid before the start of class)
September 3-9, 2022 (Saturday-Friday)
12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00 [Convert to your time zone]
December 3-9, 2022 (Saturday-Friday)
12:00AM-11:59PM GMT/UTC+0:00 [Convert to your time zone]
Students in the Philippines
Group class fee: PH₱3,600.00* (must be fully paid before the start of class)
September 3, 2022 (Saturday) 8:00AM PHT
Until September 10, 2022 (Saturday) 7:59AM PHT
December 3, 2022 (Saturday) 8:00AM PHT
Until December 10, 2022 (Saturday) 7:59AM PHT
This course is part of the Storywriting Basics Bootcamp.
You may enroll in it as a standalone course, but you may also take it as part of an intensive 28-day program.