Flourish as a freelance story editor
Running a freelance editing business doesn’t have to be so hard
Club Ed can help you earn a sustainable income without giving up the flexibility and freedom to live your life as you’d like, whether cozily at home, relaxing in the sunshine, or off on yet another adventure.
Club Ed offers classes (instructor-led or self-paced), community, and other resources to support you on your journey, whether you’re a new, aspiring, or experienced editor.
Flourish as a freelance story editor
Running a freelance editing business doesn’t have to be so hard
Club Ed can help you earn a sustainable income without giving up the flexibility and freedom to live your life as you’d like, whether cozily at home, relaxing in the sunshine, or off on yet another adventure.
Club Ed offers classes (instructor-led or self-paced), community, and other resources to support you on your journey, whether you’re a new, aspiring, or experienced editor.
Do you keep hitting refresh on your inbox, hoping a prospective client reaches out?
Or spend too much time staring out the window, wondering if you actually have what it takes? Or constantly second-guess your work, struggling with self-doubt? If so, you may need a little vacation. Spend it at Club Ed.
Running a successful freelance editing business may seem like climbing a mountain, but at Club Ed we like to think of it as surfing a wave, and we can teach you how!
New to editing?
Get a quick start with fast facts about freelance editing, then choose your itinerary.
Have some experience?
If you know a little about editing but want to know more, chart your path.
Need a more predictable client flow?
Try the “build my business” itinerary.
You don’t need a lucky break, you need a guide
And that’s where we come in. I’m Jennifer Lawler, the lead instructor at Club Ed, and I like to say that I’ve made all the mistakes so you don’t have to. If you want to shave years off your learning curve, you need to train with people who know what they’re doing. That’s all of us here at Club Ed.
At Club Ed, we offer editing classes, a freelance editor membership program/support group, and ongoing professional development for editors (staff editors join us, too!).
As for me, for the past ten years, I’ve been teaching editors how to edit and how to run their editing businesses.
I’ve worked as an editor for more than twenty years. I learned how to edit in the trenches of traditional publishing with its insane deadlines, pitiless competition, and crushing bureaucracy. I’ve run a publishing imprint and worked as a literary agent. I earned Ph.D in English literature with a specialization in medieval literature because of a long story.
Editorial clients have included Simon & Schuster, Girl Friday Productions, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Barnes and Noble Custom Publishing, and others, along with many independent authors.
Want to grow your editing business?
Choose the Editorial Toolkit
The Editorial Toolkit is a series of instructor-led classes designed to help you expand your business. Check the schedule for the next session of each class.
Get started today.
New to editing? Pick the starter pack
How it works
All classes are entirely online and asynchronous (you don’t have to be at a specific place at a specific time).
Self-paced classes can be accessed for eighteen months after purchase and allow you to go at your own pace. Classes have answer keys or other ways of assessing your own work.
Instructor-led classes begin and end on specific days and have weekly assignments with instructor feedback. The assignments have deadlines and the classes include forum participation but you don’t have to be at a particular place at a particular time to participate in the class.
Students from all over the world have taken Club Ed classes but Club Ed is US-based and the materials and suggested resources reflect that. All classes are text-based and accessible, but if you need any accommodations, please let us know!