What should I focus on when I revise? |
What strategies can I use to revise? |
What should I focus on when I edit? |
What strategies can I use to edit? |
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When writers revise and edit, they evaluate the effectiveness of their drafts and work to improve them. Although the two processes are related, they focus on different aspects of a document. Revising involves assessing how well a document responds to a specific writing situation, presents a main point and reasons to accept that point, and uses evidence. Editing includes evaluating and improving the expression — at the sentence and word levels — of the information, ideas, and arguments in the document.