Reflections on Revision

My writing process is usually long and difficult. At first I just try to get my thoughts written down so I can expand on them later. The problem is just getting starting by writing a first paragraph. After the first paragraph I can just keep writing because my mind gets focused. When analyzing the poem in my essay I tried to take the poem line by line to analyze how the specific parts are significant and meaningful to the whole story. I do this with an interpretation. I ask questions like what is the deeper meaning here?

With my first draft in progress I usually revise my work while writing by focusing on clarity to make my ideas clearer to the reader. This is important to readers that my ideas are clear and my main points are understood. When revising I concentrate on making my sentences and paragraphs flow more together. For me with my writing process I am constantly revising my paper because I have to. My Paper starts out as a bunch of ideas that I try to turn into a readable paper. Revising a draft is important because I can always go back to reread what I wrote and finds ways to improve it. I revise almost everything I write because it has become a habit. I want readers to understand my writing and the points I’m attempting to make. I think attention to detail is important when revising because little things like punctuation and grammar can show whether I really care enough to put any effort in.

Revising has the benefits of looking at the whole picture and how your main points relate instead of what thoughts came first. Another added benefit of revising is finding out what information I put in the first draft that I can take out and still get the same point across.  

For my Essay #2 I plan to make some significant revisions. Specifically to improve my essay I want to work on the flow and sophistication of my paper. I will do this by writing strong clear topic sentences for each paragraph. My analysis of “The Second Coming” will be expanded upon by providing what my interpretation of the beast is. In my earlier draft I didn’t write a conclusion that wraps up my main points so I will need to fix that in my revision. I want to make my essay more interesting by putting in more concrete details along with more sentence variation instead of abstract ideas and generalizations. 

Link to some advice and questions to ask yourself when revising.

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