Chapter 17. Revising and Editing.

When revising your document there are certain things to consider. Your writing situation, argument and ideas, use and integration of sources, the structure and organization of your document, and the genre and design. If you follows these steps while revising your document you will do it in a successful amount of time and in order. Save multiple drafts of your document to go back on to see your changes. Highlight your main points, reasons, and evidence you used. Challenge your assumptions by finding the proper evidence to back up your claim. Scan, outline, and map your document. Try to ask for feed back, it can be one of the most important steps in your writing. As you edit your document you should focus on accuracy, economy, consistency, style, spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The only way to catch these is by proofreading your document and some times having other look over it for another opinion. Read carefully, mark and search your document while you edit. Use spelling, grammar, and style tools with caution as you don't want to over correct something that may be correct in the first place. And again ask for feedback it will help you out more than you can imagine.