What our graduates are saying..

I had the pleasure of attending Your Editing Career Launched last year After researching the course offerings out there for those wanting to enter the field of freelance editing, it sounded perfect Your Editing Career Launched delivered all the course content I had hoped for and more! The three-day workshop was intensive and challenging, but I… Read more

I learned some very useful skills and met some lovely and like-minded people … The Capstone team provided excellent support as we continued on with the online section of the

Thank you for a great course! It was well-structured, informative and practical Capstone Editing were very knowledgeable and helpful I built on existing editing skills and learned lots of new ones I am now much more confident in gaining accreditation and working as an

I came to the course with a bit of editing and proofreading experience, thinking already knew the basics—but I didn’t know what I didn’t know The course taught me practical, professional skills and insider editing tips that have helped me take my work to a new

The YECL course was, in respect to greatly refining and enhancing my academic and other editing skills and shaping me to work as an editor, a tremendous experience The face-to-face workshops were professionally run by the wonderful Capstone Editing team in an effective and appealing manner so that the material presented was both informative and… Read more

My writing and publishing degree didn’t delve too much into editing, so it wasn’t until I saw an ad for the YECL course that I even considered my own editing business as a career The course instructor is an editing genius, and it was amazing listening to her share her knowledge in such a contagiously passionate way It doesn’t matter where… Read more

My favourite part of YECL was that Capstone Editing provided an excitingly long list of writing and editing resources Before enrolling in the course, I had completed a bachelor’s degree, but my study had not focused solely on editing or industry standards I thought I had quite a firm grasp of English and its rules, but YECL taught me rules and… Read more

The brilliant editing course run by Capstone Editing, Your Editing Career Launched, was a fantastic way for me to kick-start my career in editing In just a few months, I evolved from a beginner to a professional editor working confidently on a 100,000-word novel The highly experienced trainers at Capstone were patient and clear as they explained… Read more

Your Editing Career Launched is a fantastic foundational course I can whole-heartedly recommend As it thoroughly demystifies the industry and readies you to enter it with good business sense, it’s the obvious choice for anyone interested in professionalising their editorial skills But, importantly, it’s those skills that it works hardest to… Read more

I would highly recommend the YECL course to anyone looking to build a career in editing Nelson and Amanda are great mentors, and the course is jam-packed with valuable, practical information on all areas of editing For me, as someone who had already started their career as a freelance editor, the course filled in some knowledge gaps and gave me… Read more

I enrolled in Your Editing Career Launched to upskill for my independent editing business As a secondary English teacher for many years, I expected that at least the grammar unit would be easy Not so! The detail and complexity of the unit went beyond my expectations This particularly applies to the thorough units on academic editing and… Read more

My favourite part of YECL was that Capstone Editing provided an excitingly long list of writing and editing resources Before enrolling in the course, I had completed a bachelor’s degree, but my study had not focused solely on editing or industry standards I thought I had quite a firm grasp of English and its rules, but YECL taught me rules and… Read more