1) In the text “ Revising Attitudes” by Brock Dethier, the author uses the sentence “…For most of us revision is the only road to success” to highlight the fact that sometimes the initial draft for some people are full of flaws. Consequently, what revisions does is that it serves as a tool for looking back at our mistakes and giving us an opportunity to fix them. In other words, revision is the only to road to success. In my opinion, revision is the only accessible tool for a writer to make his/her work better.
2) In simple words, what Dethier is trying to imply by that metaphor is that as you work more on a car it gets better just like that if you put effort in revising a piece of writing, it will get better. I personally think of revising as playing a sport. The more you practice and improve on your techniques, the better you will get. Starting with the major weaknesses and then moving on smaller issues. By doing this, one can not only be better at what they do but also, they also know where their weaknesses lie.
3) In Donald Murray’s piece, “Revising Your Own Manuscripts”, the major focal point is to emphasize the need for revision. Just like in Brock Deither’s piece, Murray also argues that a piece of writing is never finished; it always has some margin for improvement. It is natural for someone to think that they are done with writing right after their first draft because mostly people think the effort they put into the first one is enough for publication, this group of people includes me too. In reality, this is never the case. As much as you think that you are done, first draft is just the beginning.