Good with Words: Writing and Editing
Description
Perhaps the most important thing students and professionals of all kinds can do to improve their effectiveness is embrace the following advice: become good with words.
This series of courses targets the writing side of that recommendation. The skills it focuses on include everything from how to arrange a complex set of information in a reader-friendly way, to how to give and receive high-quality feedback, to how to consistently hit deadlines.
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Subject
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Language
English
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Duration
16 weeks
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Status
Available
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U-M Credit Eligible
No
Social Sciences
Instructor
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Patrick Barry
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
Michigan Law School
Courses (4)
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Learn moreWriting and Editing: Word Choice and Word Order
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4 weeks
This course will teach you how to use your written words to become more persuasive. You’ll learn creative ways to use syntax, effective techniques for telling stories, and a clever method for arrangin -
Learn moreWriting and Editing: Structure and Organization
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4 weeks
This second course in the Good with Words: Writing and Editing series will help you become an effective architect of information, both with your sentences and with your paragraphs. You’ll learn that t -
Learn moreWriting and Editing: Drafting
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4 weeks
This third course in the “Good with Words: Writing and Editing” series will give you a number of strategies to help with what is often the most intimidating, even paralyzing part of the writing proces -
Learn moreWriting and Editing: Revising
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4 weeks
This fourth and final course in the “Good with Words: Writing and Editing” series will help you master perhaps the most important step in the writing process: revising. You’ll learn about the differen