Editors need not be afraid, or dismissive, of ChatGPT. Instead, think of ChatGPT as your assistant that can automate the tedious parts of your job so it becomes less about catching mistakes and more about fine-tuning the content. You can integrate this AI tool into your existing copyediting workflow to supercharge your efficiency and improve your accuracy. ChatGPT can help with content editing, too, by offering suggestions and even writing your editorial reports. In the end, it means less grunt work, faster turnaround times, higher-quality projects, and happier clients and bosses. 

In this introductory session, we’ll:

• cover the fundamentals of what ChatGPT is and how it works

• explore its functionalities in an editorial workflow

• forecast AI’s effect on the editing industry.
   

Delving deeper into the mechanics of the most essential ChatGPT skill, effective prompt writing, this session covers three pivotal prompt-engineering techniques:  

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Instruct: beginning with specific directions 
Contextualize: adding the right details and nuance 
Refine: tweaking to achieve a tailored response 

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Incorporating these core prompting skills will make your editing process more efficient, your edits more precise, and your feedback more actionable—benefiting copyeditors, line editors, and developmental editors alike.  
 

Ready to streamline your copyediting workflow with ChatGPT? In this lesson, we’ll explore two transformative methods for editing with ChatGPT, plus strategies to focus prompts specifically for a copyeditor’s needs. 

Editing Inside ChatGPT: The EditGPT plugin gives copyeditors the power accept and reject ChatGPT’s edits directly inside the program. We’ll go through the setup process and tutorial together. 

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Comparing Docs: We’ll also review how to upload a document into ChatGPT and compare ChatGPT’s edited version to the original in Word. (Voilà—tracked changes!) 

Using the techniques and prompts we’ll learn in this class, ChatGPT can do your first editing pass for you in minutes, freeing you up to do a more refined second pass and finish the project faster. 

In this lesson, you'll discover how to harness ChatGPT for both line and developmental editing.  

Manuscript Assessment: Let ChatGPT handle your initial read-through, pinpointing the manuscript’s strengths and weaknesses so you know where to focus before you start page one.  

Advanced Data Analysis: This feature helps you create eye-catching charts and graphs that distill complex data into easily digestible visuals. Think bar charts for chapter and sentence length, line graphs for sentiment trends, and pie charts for comparing a mix of writing styles and tones. 

Client Communications: Streamline the feedback process and guide authors through their rewrites more effectively by using ChatGPT to craft editorial reports and other communications. 

With ChatGPT's powerful editing tools at your fingertips, you can do the same quality work but faster—helping writers write better and projects stay on time.