Revise It!
Revising is extremely important when working to publish a manuscript. Revising calls for you to review your document from the perspective of your potential readers and this in most cases can be an isolating process. During this stage, it is on you, the writer, to ensure the central messaging of your writing piece is clear before moving into the less complicated stage of editing. Guided questions could support you in staying on track with the reviewing of your document, and results in you adding, deleting or rearranging content for the sake of document clarity.
Below are guided questions you could consult while making document revisions.
1. What is the primary strength of the manuscript? What section needs the most revisions?
Celebrate in the aspects of your document that you did very well. This could encourage you to fine tune the sections of your document that are weaker. While reviewing your document, it is important to be open and acknowledge areas that need to be improved. Identifying these areas and effectively revising them enhances the quality of your overall work.
2. Is the central idea or goal of the manuscript observable?
Whether you are writing an essay, article or fictitious text the central idea or goal should be observed or at least implied. As the author, if you lose site of the documents overall purpose that could mean a targeted revision is needed.
3. Does the document’s organizational style align with the central messaging of the document?
Content and formatting alignment are vital when creating purpose specific text. The organizational pattern of your manuscript should connect with the overall purpose of your writing piece. The way you organize your document speaks to your method of communicating the content and provides clear direction so your writing can flow. Determining whether you establish a clear connection between content and the text’s organizational pattern is necessary during the revision stage.
4. Are there quality details and descriptions that connect with the main idea of the text? Is the document overly descriptive or too wordy?
It is important to review your document to determine if you are saying too much or not enough. In your writing, you want to verify you have the correct balance of words and details so that your readers are engaged in your work. Being too wordy or lacking quality details could lead to confusion or disinterest on the part of your audience.
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