Revising Attitudes

When I imagine “revising” my writing, I think of editing my paper in terms of grammar and in context to the best of my ability in order to fulfill the requirements of the assignment. I tend to leave my main points in tact and I work around my points. I remember when I was writing my college essay to get accepted to schools, I had to go through the most rigorous revision of my life. After peer editing, I realized I no longer liked my topic and thus I had to change my essay completely. I spent hours revising that paper until it was perfect. Revising is when you make changes to your writing in terms of the substance of your paper as whole. Editing is making changes to grammatical aspects of your writing. Proofreading is when you look for any mistakes you might have missed after you have completed the revising and editing portions. I liked Brock Dethier’s piece on revision. I could agree to some aspects of it. One part that I particularly liked was when Dethier claims that revision is unnecessary. I partially agree with his point as he states that people shouldn’t have to revise a paper if they were able to do well on papers that they completed the day before they were due. I do agree with that point. However, I feel like revision is always good as no one can get an absolutely flawless paper in terms of grammar and context without revision.