Editing Your Own Writing
Become the editor you keep wishing you had.
About the course
Most writing problems are editing problems. This is a course about closing the gap between what you meant and what's on the page.
It's short, opinionated, and ends with a workshop where you cut one of your own essays in half without losing anything.
What you'll come away with
- 01Read your own work like a stranger does
- 02Find the four sentences you didn't realize you were repeating
- 03Trust your gut about when to keep a weird sentence
Syllabus · 2 chapters · 5 lessons
- 01▶Distance and time10 min
- 02✦Reading aloud14 min
- 03✎The cold-open test18 min
About the instructor
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Sam Wilson
@sam · Portland
Reads three books a week. Reviews one. Runs the reading-list space.
18 posts · 142 comments · since Feb 2026
What students say
Sam made me read three things I'd written out loud and I haven't been the same since.
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Kit Okafor
Engineer who writes
Self-paced enrollment
$89
one time · lifetime access
Format
Self-paced · 6 lessons
0 enrolled · start anytime
Frequently asked
No. The course assumes you write things for work, but not that you call yourself a writer.
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