Let me begin with the fact that whenever I write, I try to avoid any revisions. I understand the importance of revising and I value it, but I put so much work into my first draft, what is the point? Why would I change what I feel is my best work? In my senior year of high school I took a philosophy class. All assignments were essays with a huge research paper at the end of the term. For every assignment I put forward my best work, hence receiving relatively high grades. Yet I wanted to push further in my work. My own revisions and receiving them from family, friends, and finally my professor was key in earning the grade. Revising my final paper was just constant critique. Getting I put from others and constantly reading back to my self. Assuring my writing would flow , checking any mistakes, and re-phrasing anything to get my point across.

Revising is accepting any changes that will benefit the paper, while editing and proof reading are making the changes; re-phrasing or making any grammatical changes to the final piece. To some extent I can agree with all of Dethier’s points, but point #6 and #7 appeal to my writing process. Most of the time I put my best effort and see no point in revising; otherwise I procrastinated and ran out of time to even consider revisions.