Writing Topic: Rules for Writers Chapter 3

This chapter walks you through the aspects of  global revisions, revising and editing sentences,  proofreading and final drafts.  While looking at global revisions you may drop paragraphs of text and add others or rearrange entire sections.  Many people resist global revisionss so it's best to put it aside for a bit and come back to it at a later time.  In global revisions you will need the following:
Purpose and Audience; inform readers, persuade them, entertain them.
Focus: Is the thesis clear? If there in no thesis is there a good reason for omiiting one? Any ideas obviously off the point?
Organization and paragraphing: Are there enough organizational cues for readers.  Are ideas presented in a logical order?  Are any paragraphs too long or too short for easy reading?
Content: Is the supporting material relevant and persuasive?  Which ideas need further development?  Are the parts proportioned sensibly?  Do major ideas receive enough attention?  Where might material be deleted?
Point of View: Is the draft free of distracting shifts in point of view?  Is the dominant point of view appropriate for your purpose and audience?
Revising and edit sentences:  You can do revisioning and editing right at the computer.  The grammar check makes it possible to help with a draft but you will also need to look it over, as it won't catch everyting.  Also, you can print out what you have, mark it up and the return to the computer to enter the revisions.
Proofreading: After revising and editing it's time for the final manuscript.  Proofreading is a special kind of reading. It's reading it slow and methodical search for misspellings, typographical mistakes and omitted words or word endings.  Try to proofread outloud or try proofreading sentences in reverse order.  You can also use the spell checkers on the computer. They are a little more reliable than the grammar checkers but still use with caution.
Final Drafts: Have classmates give you feedback on what you have written.  This will give other people ideas on how to make your essay better and stronger.  Now, you should be ready to write your final draft.
When writing I will definitely use the global revisions, revising and editing sentences,  proofreading and final draft ideas mentioned in this chapter.  I will make sure I have the purpose and audience; inform readers, persuade them and make sure I am entertaining them. I will make sure the thesis is clear.
I will go through my paper and make sure there are ideas presented in a logical order, making sure the paragraphas arent too short or too long.  I will check for supporting material such as relvancy and persuasive.  I will go through the paper and check for my purpose and audience.  Last, I will have the computer do spell check, grammar check ect.  I will print out a rough draft for further editing and mark up changes and type up a final draft.  I will have classmates give me ideas on how my writing assignment can be better and stronger and then type the final draft.