The Reseeing Process

The revision process is one of the most time consuming and challenging processes of writing. It is also the most important. No matter what kind of writer we are, professional or novice, revision is the final step of writing. It is where we re-see our writing and try to catch our mistakes and try to alter them. As a writer, there is a constant process of drafting. Writing isn’t just a first draft, but a constant work to pursue the best clear, concise, and practical writing before handing it in for final copies. As an author, you can’t just print out a book without editing it. It takes a long time and revising is the first step to make it almost perfect.

                My revision process includes various steps. When writing my essay, I am constantly revising as I write. When I get stuck on the next sentence to write, I often go back to the beginning and re read that to make sure everything sounds good. Then, I’ll continue writing from the point where I stopped at to get my thoughts flowing again. It just makes sense that when I get stuck to start back at the beginning. Then when the essay is all done, I re-read the entire essay out loud from top to bottom. If I stutter or stumble on the sentence, I reread it again for revision because there is some sort of error in there that I stumbled on. Then I check each paragraph with quotes and makes sure I properly quoted correcting using the sandwich method of Introduction, quote, and expand otherwise known as the SEER method. This helps establish clarity and if the paragraphs make sense or not. Then I check to make sure that everything makes sense and stays relevant to the thesis throughout the entire essay. Then I check to see if everything flows in content with each paragraph.  When I finally finish, I reread it one more time and make sure I kept the same consistency of effort throughout the essay. If I established this, then I feel done and will print it out for a second pair of eyes to catch my work mistakes. That helps me know where my errors are and I try to improve on that every essay I do.