- When Dethier says revision is the only road to success, he means that revising a piece of work is the only way to make sure it succeeds. Most writers aren’t able to write a masterpiece in one sitting. To make something interesting that accurately articulates what the writer is trying to convey takes multiple tries. Revising is the only way to correct mistakes and create a better piece of writing.
- Revision can be compared to athletic training. You can always train to be better. You can strength train to lift more, run to become faster. There’s always a way of improving.
- On page 103, Murray says “A piece of writing is never finished.” This applies to all forms of art, and is very true. When creating something, there is no real way of determining when it’s “done.” Anyone who’s created art can understand this. In regard to drawing and painting, there’s always something else you can put in the scene, or a detail to fix. In writing it always feels like there’s something you missed, some mistakes you can go back and fix, or something extra to add. No artwork is ever really finished, the creator just finds some point where they are comfortable with stopping.
Identity, Rhetoric & Propaganda in the "Fake News" Era
ENG 2100: JMWA f18 Baruch College
