In Chapter 3 of Rules for Writers the main focus was global revisions. The important aspects of a successful revision are focus, purpose, content, organization and your strategy. Writing what you want to write and then stepping away from it for a while is important. After you have cleared your head and are ready to come back to read it, you have to come back as a member of the audience, not as the writer. This is an effective way to be able to evaluate the writing from another point of view. Next you need to revise your sentences for any grammatical errors and their effectiveness on your topic. Your last task is to proof read your paper. Effective proof reading is done out loud and slowly, checking for any errors that may still be left. Reading out loud helps you say and hear what you wrote opposed to what you thought you wrote.
I have never gone this in depth with my editing of my papers. I think that this will help me become a much better writer. I plan on applying these editing tools to my next paper. I have never felt confident in the papers I turn in, but I think that this will help my confidence in my papers. I found this Chapter to be very informative and I look forward to exercising these editing tools.
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