Thank you. Step 1: Generate Ideas; Step 2: Plan and organize; Step 3: Draft; Step 4: Revise. I also tend to write subheads as a kind of outline before I start writing. I hope these tips help you finish those unfinished articles , Follow proven templates for specific writing tasks, practice your skills, and get professional feedback so you become a confident business writer. But again, without going for re-reading I will publish the next post. So consider finding a writing buddy and proofread each other’s text. Here are several things to do. I more or less freewrote the article, and when I reviewed my draft, I found that the essence of my year was not about business essentials, but about learning to accept who I am and what my limitations are. I am an outline lover as well. Once you have written your first rough draft, you are ready to start revising your work. Because it is longer than a regular post I wasn’t sure I was on the right track, reading for the story/the message first. Have you given adequate evidence for your argument or interpretation? But first, sign up to my free resource library where you can download my Revision and Exam checklist to get you as prepared as possible for your exams. Or did you lose motivation? Thank you for your lovely comment, Gogo. They’re great to have, but time intensive! You know what your reader should remember and you know what he should do after reading your content—such as implement your advice or click that Buy button. Drop me an email? Often it is unproductive because I’m wasting my time on sentences that later might not even be in the text. Somehow you struck me as someone who turns each draft into a published article. Are you addressing the intended audience throughout your essay, research paper, or report? It’s helpful to print out a hard copy so that you can examine everything as you consider the following. So that’s what I have with the majority of the posts that are drafts. Happy New Year to you, too, Cathy! Level 2 process flows provide sub-process details for each key activity/step in Level 1. Take on any writing project with gusto. It’s totally unorganized, but it works for me. Wishing you a lot of writing joy in 2017! Instead, focus on what’s right.When you find what’s good in your draft, you can, step by step, turn any ramshackle draft into shiny new content. I hope this helps? Unfinished drafts weigh you down and make you feel weary.After all, you started a piece of content because an idea mattered to you. What’s the most compelling reason why my reader would take this action? First check whether you have fulfilled the intention of the assignment. Policy Sponsor: Office of the University Secretariat. After all, you started a piece of content because an idea mattered to you. Please try again. But I lack organization. What holds me back I think is my content curation process (I think I have an information hoarding problem.) That's one more reason to double-check your draft. However, for more personal posts (like the last post of 2016), I often freewrite more and I have to do more revision to find the right focus and flow. I used to suffer from the same problem—procrastinating endlessly before starting to write… at the very last minute. :). Looking at your topic sentences in sequence will show what kinds of ideas you have emphasized. I think the process varies from writer to writer, and sometimes from topic to topic for the same writer. our editorial process. You make your words shimmer and swing. Great post. What is Revision Process? Instead, focus on two or three main areas during each revision session: 1. Wait awhile after you’ve finished a draft before looking at it again. Updated July 03, 2019 Revision means looking again at what we have written to see how we can improve it. I collect some much content wanting to somehow use it to support my ideas. I wasted time going back and forth. Loss of direction and motivation were definitely the reasons they weren’t posts. Revision Process and Tips. The following pages will help you develop strong revision and editing strategies for your writing process. I wish you a lot of writing joy in 2017, Paul! In this case, I had a pretty clear outline, so I didn’t need to do a lot of revision – the focus & flow were more or less right when I had finished my first draft. Also, when I want to quote an authority, I look for a useful quote rather than aim for the best quote. What I liked most was the difference between revision and editing that you point out, this is something I need to work on as I’m usually trying to do them simultaneously…. ‘Writing is a process of expansion and shrinkage.’ I like that! Let me know if you’re feeling stuck? I corrected sentences before getting the flow of the content right. Revision as Opportunity . Timely again, Henneke! “The tools to master the writing process are helping me write and get unstuck faster.” ~ Isabel, The magic of shitty first drafts 17 unusual blog writing prompts to spark your creativity Streamline your writing process [infographic]. But if you’ve freewritten your content, without a clear outline, the focus of your content might be blurry. An idea instead of the idea? Hope you and your family had a great holiday. I love exploring, hanging out in and writing from Zones 1 – 3 (Focus, Flow and Substance). See what you like best. This step also helps boost your persuasiveness. Step 6: Publishing—The publishing step is the last step. I’ve never seen the process so clearly explained, nor have I seen revision separated from editing. The Roman poet Horace thought one should wait nine years, but that’s a bit much. I’d love to hear what happens when you evaluate your drafts and whether this process helps you turn at least some of them into finished articles. My archives are pretty hopeless. I was thinking vaguely when reading the post that these ideas needed to be kept handy, rather than filed on my computer. Thus, first consider the following. and is an absolute pest, pushing me out of my happy zones and prodding me to make those needed tweaks and edits. During the revision stage of the writing process , writers may add, remove, move and substitute text (the ARMS treatment). I learned how to move from the big picture to the nitty-gritty. Hi Henneke, this is sooo helpful. For blog posts, substance can be examples, case studies or quotes from authorities. Number your pages at the bottom or in the top right-hand corner. Not sure why I do that (create so many drafts)but it’s clearly something I need to fix. I write and proofread at the same time. I never, ever work in the way you lay out here. I will listen to you and stop editing while writing until I’m satisfied with the content. Your 5 step revision process is invaluable because it keeps the writing effort moving ahead to completion. My main problem is starting to edit before I’ve finished getting everything written down. Once you’ve finished step three, you know the content of your writing is right, and now it’s time to start editing sentence by sentence so you can make your content a pleasure to read. This content can be saved to the "My Activity" tab in your user profile. Leave 2-2.5 cm margins on all sides; use a standard font in 12-point size, or 11-point Arial or equivalent; staple the pages. I like your distinction. I also find that length of content matters. In composition, revision is the process of rereading a text and making changes (in content, organization, sentence structures, and word choice) to improve it. Don’t bother with colored paper, plastic covers, fancy print, or decorations. Heather is surprised to find 31 drafts in her folder. Read your content aloud to create a pleasurable. Name of Parent Policy: ... Procedure The established operational steps to be followed routinely in order to ensure that the outcome and values expressed in the policy are achieved. Your post is calling me out My natural bias is towards the big picture, interesting idea compilation stages. I have often published blog posts with mistakes, too – even if I might have proofread it several times. Hello Henneke, You are back with bang! Research papers often start with a statement of the research question. But let’s see how this 5-step system goes. Strictly speaking, transforming a rough draft into good content requires revision, editing, and proofreading: In this post, I describe the whole 5-step process of revising, editing, and proofreading so you prepare your content for publication. Use this resource to help you find and fix common errors. Patricia. (Ask a clear-headed friend to give you a specific prediction of what s/he expects after reading only the first few paragraphs of your paper, without giving a vague answer.). Sometimes, this may feel like a scary process, and you may wonder whether you have any enough content left after all the pruning. And Happy New Year to you, too! I also find that more experienced writers find it easier to write & edit in one go. Its makes the creation of the essay that much easier because you are simply following your own steps. Happy New Year, welcome back and thank you for this useful post. Breaking it into chunks can surely help and I will let you know how this goes! Consider the audience. Revision is the process of reviewing, analyzing, editing, and proofreading written work to improve its quality. Oh my, yes, I do hope that I sound more compassionate than your inner critic! But I persevered. Welcome back, Henneke. The most useful editing tasks are: Editing is most fun when you nurture a sense of play. I’m sending this article the pronter. I’m bad at archiving, so I have to go trawling for sources, too. I hope you’ll turn them all your drafts into great guest posts, Andrew. I struggle to get into the nitty-gritty of Zones 4 -5 (Edit and Proof Read) – boring (to me) yet necessary. 1 Steps in the revision process. First Henneke – a happy New Year, and thanks for your end-of-year 2016 post on free-writing. I appreciate your additional thoughts, Gay! Switch on my computer, open a word document, make a cup of tea, sit down and write. For instance, it’s happened a few times with me that I started posts without clearly vetting the idea, and then realized that it wasn’t a good idea so I either had to bin the draft or change direction quite rigorously. Then we return to the draft, perhaps several times, to make further revisions. I do try to take my own medicine. I appreciate it! I write more personal posts in a different way than tutorial-style articles, and copywriting works differently again. (Sadly, this step often gets left out by many teachers; I’m guilty of it, too. Peer Review Process. Interestingly, I never thought you’d have many drafts stuck in a folder. Thank you for pinning it . The following are guidelines for students in revising writing assignments and academic papers.[1]. Learn how I can help you. 7 revision steps. When you have plenty of time to revise, use the time to work on your paper and to take breaks from writing. Fax revision letter to critique partner. . It feels like this process is a lot faster than when I was writing, revising, and editing all at the same time. But as you write, your focus diverges and there are multiple things that unknowingly gets into the article and suddenly you find that you focus has shifted, rather blurred. Richard Nordquist . Steps for Revising Your Paper. Good to see you again , I am so excited about this unique opportunity to have a step by step instruction plan to help me get moving on my goal and stop hiding from the fear of failure. Outlining the sub-heads at the outset also helps maintain focus and makes writing easier. Would a person reading your conclusion know what question you had asked and how you had arrived at your answer? You don’t need to find your best idea, but an idea that fascinates you and that can help your readers. Many translated example sentences containing "revision process" – French-English dictionary and search engine for French translations. Instead, focus on what’s right. Writers may revise their writing after a draft is complete or during the composing process. I may never eat an elephant (one bite at a time). Henneke, Your article help me to get the answer of a question, based on steps of editing a draft. I think I might pin your infographic and this article right above my computer so I can hear your voice in my head during the writing process, instead of my inner critic. Did you change your mind on the idea you had? , Yes, have a go and see whether you can turn those drafts into posts and publish them. I then vet it to decide whether it’s useful for my readers and whether it’s not too big for a blog post. But somehow you lost direction, or motivation. When I started writing a few years ago, I kept frustrating myself. When I wrote my last post for 2016, for instance, the article started as a post about focusing on business essentials. Surely, she thinks, one of them must be almost ready for publication? For example, note where your paragraphs go after their topic sentences. Time for me to put fingers to keyboard and break out those ideas. In the first two revision steps, you’ve pruned unwieldy thoughts to focus on the essence of your message. But that wouldn’t stop me from making it a future guest post. Have you performed the kind of thinking the assignment asked for (e.g., analyze, argue, compare, explore)? And yes, let’s get to grips with your overloaded folder with ideas. Have you drawn connections between the sections? Thank you. You are able to find that one pivotal point around which that post is revolving. I’m lucky that usually someone spots it and kindly sends me an email. What I find useful when I’m stuck finding the main idea, is to think about it as AN idea, not THE idea. Great! Finding the focus in unwieldy content can feel tricky. Especially a couple years ago. Your voice is so much more productive. Perhaps I should have explained this better. Thank you Henneke . Happy writing, Kristin. Thanks as always! That is, it focuses on correcting errors rather than on larger questions of content and structure. Or did you feel stuck for some reason? She keeps nagging us: That sentence sounds ugly. Thank you for stopping by. Step 1: Generate Ideas; Step 2: Plan and organize; Step 3: Draft; Step 4: Revise. I feel those are key to quality instruction, which is my preferred type of post. I’ll write a few paragraphs and then automatically go back and read them. Do not include a cover page for regular homework assignments or exams. I just cannot focus to write on a content and start procrastination until it is the deadline. UN-2. Don’t depend on a grammar checker. I wonder, are others out there having this problem too? Great! Yep, different people, different habits, and different stumbling blocks . Visualize cover. What helps me get unstuck is to view a blog post (or a book) not as a definitive piece of writing, but a snapshot of a thinking in progress. In the process of uncluttering my archives which might as well be drafts, there are 7 years worth. So don’t focus on what’s wrong with your draft. 30 shares. Watch out for repetitions of general ideas. I still edit a little while writing a first draft. Thank you for stopping by, Laura. By the way, the other thing that helped me is tracking what I spend my time on. Focus on the big picture: What’s your writing about? Hi Henneke, That’s such an informative article. What to do after your writing partner or group marks up your draft with A’s, B’s, and C’s? Questions you may find useful to find your focus: Even when you’ve outlined a post, you might discover a fresh idea or new nugget of wisdom while writing. You put a smile on your reader’s face. Before editing the grammar, style, and vocabulary, it is more important to examine the contents, to be sure that you have presented ideas that are clear, coherent, and persuasive. I keep my ideas all over the place, including backs of shopping receipts. I never read them immediately because I always know there is going to be sense in the email and I want to absorb and remember what you are saying. Yes, that’s key: “the revision process keeps the writing effort moving ahead.” Thank you for adding that. All the best from sunny Sydney. This person loves chasing the devil in the details (ugh!) Read passages aloud to see if you have achieved the emphasis you want. The second problem I feel is having too many ideas. I can call up an idea I’ve read about but then I have to find my source. Try different words and play with different sentence structures. c) How should the ISIC revision process and the NAICS-NACE convergence process relate to each other? I’ll try to do that. I feel like procrastination is the bouncer on the gate to these last zones – giving me all kinds of reasons why I can’t enter. Be sure to use spell check, but also read it all through (don’t always trust the word processor’s suggestions). Success! Do Happy Snoopy Dance around living room. The questions below will help you to perfect your work. Contact | Comment Policy | Privacy Statement | Terms and Conditions | Copyright © 2021 Enchanting Marketing Ltd. So my process is never perfect. In this blog post you’ll discover the simple 5-step process I use to plan for my exams. I'd like to receive the free email course. Proofread on paper as you’re less likely to skim the text; reading your content in a different font may help, too. A day—a few hours even—will work. In step three, you add substance to clarify and illustrate your message. I’m thinking of the paradox of you writing this article by following the 5 steps, even as you were writing about them. What action do I expect a reader to take? This is a helpful post definitely. These articles are no good …. Tell her she can help when editing and proofreading. She reads an opening here, and scans the subheads there. For those posts I do less revision. 1.1 Start large, end small; 1.2 Common problems for second-language writers. Save. Some publications will just skip this step and run your article as it is without any revision process. I vary my process depending on the topic. Simple and ideal approach for a successful content. T̮̮ḫa̮̮n̮̮k̮̮s̮̮. However, for beginning writers it’s often easier to follow the step-by-step process so they don’t go too much back and forth and can concentrate on one issue at a time. I seem quite a strange person, because I love the big picture and I love the editing, but my real weak point has mostly been writing first drafts – I’m getting to grips with it! I agree with you on examples. – David, I think this is a great process to follow. Look again at your topic sentences to see if they link back to what has just been said as well as looking forward to the next point. I hope this process helps you turn your drafts into final content more quickly. Research question one should wait nine years, but a few ideas about what I wanted to learning... 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