Revision

Revision is opportunity. It is the opportunity to “see your paper again” (re-vision). It is the opportunity to see what you do and what needs work. It is the best opportunity for your writing and your voice to grow.

Why do we do it?

Even when a draft is completed, the writing process is just beginning. Revisions are your chance to create the paper you want to create.

What does it look like?

Higher-level concerns are for revising and editing. These changes will usually be the biggest and most important for communicating your ideas. Without them, the argument may not develop.

Lower-level concerns are for proofreading. These changes focus on readability and sentence-to-sentence flow. Lower-level concerns are good at reminding you that a paper should be focused on the reader.

Higher-Level Concerns

  • Lower-Level Concerns
  • Organizing your paragraphs
  • Checking to see that you prove your thesis
  • Thinking about the reader when rewriting different parts
  • Balancing all of your points
  • Grammar
  • Sentence Structure (Syntax)
  • Vocabulary
  • Formatting