The new questions-of-the-week is: How do you get students to want to revise their writing? Getting students to revise their writing can be a challenge. Often, they have a “one-and-done” perspective.

Revision implies a “re-seeing” of your text, not just a quick clean up. To effectively revise, or re-see, writers should focus on rhetorical concerns that have significant impact on the text. For ...

During the revision process, it is often necessary to check for understanding within your paper to ensure that your ideas are strongly developed and well-organized. However, it can sometimes be hard ...

Before you begin writing the actual essay, prewriting and getting prepared consists of a couple steps. First is Getting Started: Draft your thesis statement. This will be a summary of the main point ...

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Writing is hard. For journalists, self-editing can be even harder. After the demands of reporting and drafting, revising your work may feel like an extra chore. But in an era of instant sharing – when ...

(This is the final post in a five-part series. You can see Part One here; Part Two here; Part Three here, and Part Four here.) The new question-of-the-week is: How do you get students to want to ...