Rules for Writers: Chapter 3

     This chapter is about revising your work. Revise means to alter something already written or printed, in order to make  corrections, improve, or update. Every writer does this to make more of sense to their writing. Global matter is a first step for revising. This is when you are going over the purpose, organization, focus, and overall work. In this process you kind of have to look and read it as an audience’s perspective. Continue to check if you’ve accomplishing the purpose in which you want to persuade, inform, or entertain the readers. Focus on clearly stating the thesis; organize paragraphs so that your ideas are in order.

     Next is the editing process. This is when you look for mistakes; improve sentence structures, grammar, word choice, punctuations, and other obvious mistakes. You can make these corrections as you type. Some writers like to print out a hard copy, make corrections on it, and then go back to their computers and work on their editing. Sometimes I like to let someone else edit my work for me because the person may have better editing skills than I do. It’s also the closest thing to another audience’s point of view, and what makes sense to them will make sense to others.

     The final step is to proofread your work. This is the most important process of completing your final draft. Proofreading is a kind of reading where you must read slowly and carefully to look for misspelled words or typos. You would probably need to proofread your work several times to make sure it makes sense, and that the paragraphs are in proper order. This process is crucial because this is your overall work being reviewed.

     My favorite part about writing is proofreading. I catch many flaws when I’m rereading my writing. I try to make the most sense of my work as I can and editing it as well. Even when I completely submitted my work, I tend to proofread several times over and over again. And still I can catch some of my mistakes I didn’t notice before. This is why it is important to follow these steps when writing; revise, edit, and proofread.