Are you interested in copyediting?

Advance from proofreading to professional copyediting with AP style fundamentals.

Curious about copyediting and how it differs from proofreading? 📚 Copyediting Essentials 101 Express introduces you to the next step in the editing profession—where precision meets style.

This course walks you through the responsibilities, workflows, and mindset of a professional copyeditor. You’ll explore how to refine writing for clarity, consistency, and tone while mastering the fundamentals of Associated Press (AP) style, the gold standard for editors everywhere.

💡 If proofreading is polishing, copyediting is perfecting. Learn the difference—and why it matters.

You’ll Learn How To:
✅ Understand the duties, skills, and workflow of a professional copyeditor
✅ Apply Associated Press (AP) style to real-world editing exercises
✅ Strengthen writing for clarity, concision, and tone
✅ Evaluate your editing ability with guided quizzes and practice drills

🎁 Bonus: Includes a Copyeditor’s Quick Reference Guide (PDF) featuring AP-style essentials and editing symbols!

👩‍💻 Who Should Enroll?
✍️ Writers and proofreaders ready to advance their editing skills
💼 Professionals who review, edit, or produce written content
📰 Journalists, bloggers, and content creators seeking editorial polish
🚀 Adult learners exploring freelance or full-time copyediting careers

🌟 Course Benefits You Can’t Miss
  • Learn the real differences between proofreading and copyediting
  • Gain confidence using professional editing standards and workflows
    • Sharpen your writing and editing skills for work or freelance success
  • Earn a Write Well University™ Certificate of Completion to validate your expertise

What's Inside

Business professionals or employees taking this class for training purposes have pre-determined days of access to complete the course and receive certificates, in accordance with group enrollment procedures. The instructor retains all copyright ownership for all of the materials presented in this course. Any resources not directly written by the instructor are duly noted and properly cited. Students are expected to abide by fair use laws when printing course materials. No part of this course may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.

  • Video Lessons
    Lecture Slides
    Quizzes

  • Certificate of Completion
    Bonus eBook

  • Duration: One (1) year from start date

Course Curriculum

  1. Class Orientation

  2. Proofreading vs. Copyediting

  3. Copyediting Introduction

  4. Job of the Copyeditor

  5. The Copyeditor Toolkit

  6. Copyeditor Grammar

About this course

  • $397.00
  • 37 lessons

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Social Proof: Reviews

5 star rating

MD Review of AP Style Copyediting 101

Margot Demus

Miss Hampton is a wonderful instructor, and the course is informative, helpful, and easeful!

Miss Hampton is a wonderful instructor, and the course is informative, helpful, and easeful!

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5 star rating

A helpful guide to communications and writing

Mackenzie Kwok

This was a useful overview of grammar basics for AP style, as well as a helpful course for orienting new workers to copyediting.

This was a useful overview of grammar basics for AP style, as well as a helpful course for orienting new workers to copyediting.

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FAQ

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  • Why should I take your classes

    • Meet employer demands for better writers and proofreaders.
    • Build your résumé with marketable writing skills and earn more money.
    • Learn new skills for career pivots or to start a home-based writing/editing/proofreading business.
    • Improve your writing to achieve academic success.
    • Upgrade your writing skills to produce engaging social media and marketing content.
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Your Instructor

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”--Albert Einstein

(Dr.) Ashan R. Hampton

Director/Founder

Ashan R. Hampton, founder of Onyx Online Education, LLC--Write Well University™--is currently the State Distance Learning Coordinator for Arkansas Adult Education after serving as an English instructor in higher education for several years. Ashan proudly cherishes the distinction of being the first Black female graduate of the Donaghey Scholars Program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, under the direction of Dr. C. Earl Ramsey, Emeritus. As of December 2025, Ashan has completed all course work for her Doctor of Education (Ed.D) in Adult Education Administration through Capella University with a 4.0 GPA. Outside of academics, Ashan worked for short stints as a technical writer, website designer, digital content coordinator, proofreader, and legal editor. She is also a published author with multiple books on a variety of writing topics, now available on Amazon, Lulu, and other popular booksellers. All book titles and ordering information are posted on her website at: www.arhampton.com.

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