Expert Tips for Successful Revision Process in Writing Workshops

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Enhance your revision process with these expert tips for better writing outcomes. Learn the importance of time management, seeking feedback, taking a global approach, and focusing on proofreading in your writing workshops. Utilize strategies such as making a plan, consulting with allies, and starting globally to refine your writing efficiently. Improve your papers by following these essential revision techniques.

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Writing Workshops Spring 2016 Revision Tips and Tricks

Four tips for the revision process: 1. Leave time to revise! 2. Consult with allies. 3. Start global. 4. Focus the proofreading.

Four tips for the revision process: 1. Leave time to revise! 2. Consult with allies. 3. Start global. 4. Focus the proofreading.

Leave time to revise: 1. Make a plan. 2. Frontload the work. 3. Consult with allies.

Leave time to revise: Read assignment sheet Make plan Begin reading/research Paper due tomorrow!

Leave time to revise: WD appt. for early feedback Continue writing, complete draft Check in with classmate Revise draft, check formatting Read assignment sheet Make plan, schedule WD appts. Begin reading/research Make tentative outline Read/research more as needed Prepare citations if necessary Begin writing Talk to prof, confirm approach Discuss ideas with classmate WD appt. final editing Print tonight! Paper due tomorrow!

Four tips for the revision process: 1. Leave time to revise! 2. Consult with allies. writing tutors, classmates, writing partners 3. Start global. 4. Focus the proofreading.

The Writing Process: Composing and Revising. Chart. Writer s Help. Bedford/St. Martins, 2011. Web. 2 Mar. 2016.

Four tips for the revision process: 1. Leave time to revise! 2. Consult with allies. writing tutors, classmates, writing partners 3. Start global. 4. Focus the proofreading.

Start global Review the instructions Does your paper do what it s supposed to do? TIP: Grade your own paper. Imagine your reader Is your argument easy to follow? Will your points be clear? TIP: Listen to your own paper.

Start global Reconsider the content Are your ideas developed? Are they reasonable? TIP: Find an interrogator. Look at the discourse structure Do the necessary elements appear? Are they in the right place? Do they take the correct shape? TIP: Make a checklist.

Use a checklist: Hacker, Diana. Checklist for global revision (for reviewers). Writer s Help. Bedford/St. Martins, 2011. Web. 2 Mar. 2016.

Global revisions: Hacker, Diana. Example of Global Revision. Writer s Help. Bedford/St. Martins, 2011. Web. 2 Mar. 2016.

Focused proofreading: Hacker, Diana. Example of Sentence-level Revisions. Writer s Help. Bedford/St. Martins, 2011. Web. 2 Mar. 2016.

Four tips for the revision process: 1. Leave time to revise! 2. Consult with allies. 3. Start global. 4. Focus the proofreading. .

Focus the proofreading: Sentence structure (parallelism, fragments, run-ons) Grammar (agreement, tense) Word choice (style, formality, homophones) Punctuation (commas and semi-colons, apostrophes) Spelling, typos Citation format TIP: Pay attention to teacher feedback, and learn now for next time.

TIPS for proofreading: Print out and read on paper Read slowly and carefully Read each word Use a pencil to follow along Change size of type Read out loud Take breaks Read isolated sentences Read your paper bottom to top