Revising is part of writing. Few reporters, columnists, and executives are so gifted that they can type out copy that does not need revision. That is why we have deskmen. It also allows you to spot a libelous word – or an unfair adjective. This is your last chance to give the reader an even break. So do not feel that revising your writing is something to be ashamed of. Everybody does it.
A very wise editor once suggested that the best result comes from throwing away the first page of a manuscript. What he meant was that so many writers have about that much fluff or superfluous excitement about the shape of the story that they have to work off before they begin their article. A good test for any kind of writing is to read it aloud. This will help you spot words and sentences that should be changed or thrown out.
When you write the first draft, you usually put down words and sentences that seem clear at the time. Later, upon reading it closely, you will no doubt find that you can make the meaning clearer by changing some words and deleting others. You will probably discover that you can leave out phrases and sentences and even paragraphs. Possibly, you can improve what is left by rearranging it. Use scissors and past to arrange the material in better order.
Look for “fat” words that say nothing. Look for worn-out phrases that do not carry their own weight. Cross out all of them. You will be amazed at the crisp sound of what is left. So chop that long paragraph in two. The reader likes white space. Underline important words and thoughts, so the reader can not miss them. Or highlight them by putting them into separate paragraphs. If necessary, repeat your main point to make sure the readers gets it. Then ask yourself: Will the reader be able to understand this without working at it? If not, then, you are not through working on your draft.
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Like some good writers say, "Don't fall in love with your work."
All writers should look at their work with scrutinizing eyes and an enthusiasm to make it even better. Your first draft may be deceiving you at first, but if you really put yourself into the editing, you'll just know that editing it was worth it.
Revising your work only once is not enough. You need to revise it many times to come with a good result. You need to improve and revise your work everytime you check it. Let other people criticize your work to receive comment from a different perspective.
Revising helps us make our wok better. This will change our mistakes and wrong grammars. On the other hand, sharpening our paragraphs means making it convincing. This helps us convince our readers to continue reading our work.
No one is perfect. So revising is a must. Who knows maybe it will make your work even better.
Amateur writers think that editing their work is lame. They do not know what a fool they are for thinking like that. In order to achieve a crisp and worth-reading article, a writer's draft must first be at the hands of many people and be edited. Once you see the result, you will be glad that those people helped you in achieving that goal. Do not think that editing is lame. That is one of the best ways to have a better work.
I remembered this saying, "Don't cry over spilled milk." Well, everyone do make mistakes.
Your draft is just a draft. It needs intensive editing for it to be really polished. The more editing, the better. You'll never know when there is still a mistake left, and your already tired. Be persistent in clearing all the nasty errors.
In submitting our essays or any written activities, we do not revise it anymore. We started doing our draft and after we are done we just rewrite it in a clean paper and pass it to the teacher. At this time, I learned that we still have to revise our work. Check on each detail for there is a big possibility that something’s wrong. Check and revise your paper until you are satisfied.
This rule is a must. Following this rule will lead the article to a better future. This rule is like taking care of lether shoes. YOu must polish it every week so that it can last for years. Revising and sharpening can somewhat immortalize your work.
Your first draft isn't your final product. The point of a draft is to make a better version, and to achieve that, we must revise and sharpen what we wrote. Most students, including me, just write whatever comes to mind then prints it, too lazy to edit. Editing your work doesn't mean a million failures, it means a better and maybe your best work.
If you finish your first draft and you think you're ready to pass it. think again. Even a diamond takes years to achieve its beauty. Revising process should be repeated several times. You can never rush perfection.
When we write, it does not mean that we would look at it like it's the perfect work in the world. After we write, we have the responsibility to check it and look for errors. Look at it as if you are another person criticizing another person's work. It is much better if we edit and maker our works sharper.
Jasper is right, you should not praise your work.
You should revise, revise and once again revise. Let other people correct your work to avoid ambiguity. Do not be shy, maybe those people also need your help to revise theirs.
To have a good article, revising is needed. It is like a pencil unsharpened. For you to love and enjoy using it, you will sharpen it. I, too, revise and sharpen my works but I admit that I cannot revised it alone. I need others to help me in revising it. So let's help each other. Revise and Sharpen
Some might think that revising means you aren’t a good writer, since you have to work on it all over again. But every writer does it. First drafts might appear to be enough but it isn’t, you have to check on it again and again to produce a good article.
In all kinds of writing, we should always reread and revise after writing the draft. This would make your article better and more effective.
Sir Escote was the one who taught me how important is revision is. In our article, it is best first that we revise our work before submitting it to anyone. When we revise and sharpen our articles, we produce better ones.
We are not perfect. We make mistakes in every part of our life. But in writing, we want every article that we write to be as perfect as it can be. That is why revision was invented. We survey every sentence and paragraph we have written and find mistakes that we may have overlooked. Editing may look tedious, but it pays off big-time.
Do you write an article then pass it as soon as you’re done? Well, that’s just stupid. You're article is probably lame. The more that you revise and sharpen your article, the better it gets. Revise and sharpen your article a hundred times and you’ll be surprised with the results.
I believe one of the reasons why some students do not revise their work is that feel not in the mood to do it or just they are too confident that it is a good one. I also agree with what Jasper said because some writers tend to fall in love their work. One more thing, there is really no thing to be ashamed of when you revise. Believe me!
We are not perfect and so are the articles that we write. We need to re-read it and revise as many times as we can. Also, revising our work will make it more effecient and with less grammatical errors.
Revising your works would make it a better one. Don’t be ashamed of revising your work since this all part of writing. Revising isn’t done only once but many of times until you can ensure that nothing you would do would make the article better. After writing, review you work. Look for flaws in grammar, spelling and others. After doing that review it again until such a time that you are sure that that is the best article that you can come up with.
Pencils write best when well-sharpened. If you think your writing is perfect, let someone else have a look at it. We are not the best judges of our own handicraft, because we shape it according to our knowledge. We do not know everything, and neither do they, but we don't always know the same things.
There is no such thing as perfect, but there is the best. We could not make perfect articles, but we could revise it over and over again and see that after you write your final draft, you have written a much better article than your first draft.
I like this rule the best. We should revise, revise, and revise. If we want to have a work of the art, we should improve our work by revising and doing some adjustments.
I also agree to this rule. Revising your work does not mean you are weak, you revise to become better. Sir Escote used to let us revise our personal essays many times and the result was, it became a better and more interesting work. Revision will really help your article become better, and if you let others read it, they may actually help you to revise your article.
Leo Amadeus Gerella Ruiz
Revise. Revise. Revise. Sharpen. Sharpen. Sharpen. Aim to perfect a work to the most you can. Aim to be as accurate as can be.
Editing is different from revising. Revising is when you read your work, make changes, and rewrite it; then you read your work again, make changes, and rewrite it again; and this process is followed until one is fully satisfied with his work. No one will take pride of your work if you are not proud of it at all.
Sometimes, you only see the errors the second time around, or the third, or the fourth, or the fifth, or the sixth, or the seventh. Get the point. You need to constantly revise your work and it will constantly improve..
Everyone needs their work to be revised and sharpened. Even the greatest writers need editors to make their works better. Sometimes, we even need to rewrite our whole work. Though at first it seems like your work is nothing but errors, you will know that revising your work can make your write-up way better than you have wanted it to be.
Revising your article once doesn't make it really good. Better edit and revise it many times so that the result will be remarkable. Letting other people criticize your work makes it more effective. This rule helps our article to have less mistakes and wrong grammars.
Ma Inna Paulina Egamino Palana
IV - Enrico Fermi
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No one is perfect. We all know that. Same goes to making articles. Nobody must be satisfied in their first draft because most of the time, it is 99 percent wrong, grammatically or anything that is in it. We have to revise and revise and revise over and over and over again. Revising works leads to a great article. Just like what Sharmaine Barrios said, “Even a diamond takes years to achieve its beauty” so is in writing. It takes a lot of revisions before you can make a great one.
Revising makes your article better. Instead of revising it once, why not try to revise it a several times. I can say that exerting your best effort to your work makes it a better article or maybe the best article.
The cliche "to err is human" is the best explanation for this rule. We all commit mistakes. Through revising and sharpening we can attain the article we desire.
In writing after laying down your thoughts and written your first draft, it is proper that you should read and check it again and again so that all the errors will be omitted thus producing a good, no-nonsense article.
When Mr Escote asked us to revise our personal essays, I wondered why. But now I know the answer. Revision is necessary in writing. By revising and sharpening, we will be able to realize the mistakes that we have committed. We also get the chance of changing them. Revising will make our work a better one.
Like what Mark Ungson states, creating nonsensical compositions would be better than to have that worthless, good-for-nothing, should-be-disposed-in-the-recycle-bin kind of composition in your papers for people to read. Like a real pencil, your work is as pointy as ever in the first part but when it ends, it dulls out. To fix it, you would rather go sharpen it and take up so that it can write again.
All I can say is there is always room for improvement. Who would not like their work to be improved?
Revising and editing makes us realize certain improvements for our work, thus making our articles even better. You may find some errors that may not be following the other rules. Or maybe some grammar errors . Revising and sharpening is a part of the writing scene anyways.
In journalism, your first draft is not the best article you can do. There are some sentences or ideas that does need revising. Also, don't be shy to ask someone else to critic your work and don't be afraid of their criticizes. Those will only make your article better.
I also agree to this rule. Revising your work does not mean that you are awful or trying hard in writing. Instead, revising means better and more interesting work. Revision will really help your article become better, and if you let others read it, they may actually help you to revise your article.
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