4 Tips for Revising Your Writing
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Seeds
of Literacy:
7.06.2018
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The Third Step In the Writing Process: Revision ~
I
started this blog about two weeks ago, writing down all my ideas and just
getting words on the page. About a day later, I came back to it and tried to
turn my ideas into complete sentences and flowing paragraphs. Exhausted and
frustrated because it wasn’t perfect, I walked away from it and decided that
I’d have to come back to it another time. Finally, four days ago, I looked over
what I had originally written, erasing more than half of it and adding only
about five more sentences.
I
knew I wasn’t done with my blog, but I had started to revise.
This
is my process as a writer: I start writing, whether it be a blog, an essay, an
email, a text message, then I walk away from it for a few days, hours, or
minutes and finally come back to it and revise, sometimes even rewriting the
whole thing. Ok, let’s be honest, almost always rewriting the whole thing,
before putting it out there into the world.
Revising
and editing are often confused as the same thing; however, it is important to
note that they are two separate stages of the writing process. Revising is an
in-depth and honest look at your writing. Here are a few suggestions for how to
revise a piece of writing:
➤Think
about the big picture.
➤Ask
yourself the following questions: does this make sense?
➤Be
real with yourself.
➤Put
in the time.
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