proofreading

Here's a great roundup of free writing courses from around the web, focussing on several types of creative writing, including poetry, essay writing and fiction writing. There's also a section on proofreading / editing, and some ideas on generating income from writing.

"I've read and re-read the entire thing while copy-editing and editing. I've read every chapter while writing, I've gone over and over, cutting down and refining, until I know it like God Save our Gracious Queen.

I mean, Before They Are Hanged, it's a brilliant, brilliant book. Of course it is. But please, just for a year or two...

Can I not read it again?"

At first I have to admit to being appalled that these people were sucking in folk to do free proofreading for them, but after scanning through the titles I understood why people would volunteer to take part.

free lit in the raw.