“It’s all about your attitude.” I am sure someone famous said that once. Truly, though, a person’s attitude is key to success in all he wants t0 accomplish. If one wants to win a tennis match, he must be upbeat and tell himself he can do it. The same goes for one trying to lose some weight. Attitude is everything.

Brock Deither, in his chapter “Revising Attitudes,” suggests that we more than just change one’s attitude towards revising. Although time and again he stretches the importance of understanding how much attitude plays towards revision, Deither really emphasizes that it is not enough. That if we are to show the importance of revision, and change people’s perspective of revision and subsequently attitude, we have to enable their revision abilities. By teaching the “how to” as well, we can instill the significance of revision even deeper into the writer. This holds true because it is not enough to just recognize importance, but rather the writers have to experience the importance as well to feel revision’s effects for themselves. Therefore, this is why attitude is important, because without the right outlook on revision, without being able to recognize importance, writers will almost never be able to even begin to experiment with revision. Most novice writers have a book of excuses when it comes time to revise, and only when we can show understanding of how to revise, will we be able to win over the writer. However, it all begins with attitude.