| How to Revise a
Writing Project You may not want to
follow these suggestions in the order I've
written them in. Be conscious of your own
writing process; think about what will help you
to revise meaningfully.
Suggestion 1. Review
all the assignment materials, especially the
sections in The Call To Write that your
writing project was based on.
- Analysis of Literacy Event/Literacy
Narrative--Chapter 1
- Rhetorical Analysis-- Chapters 2 and
3
- Letters Project -- Chapter 4
- Informative Document Project--Chapter
8
- Profile Project--Chapter 7
Suggestion 2. Review
all the drafts and in-class activities and notes
and exercises that you did for this writing
project. Are there good questions or
ideas that didn't get addressed in your current
draft?
Suggestion 3. Reconsider
your audience. Have you chosen the most
effective audience for what you want to
accomplish? Have you fully specified a real
audience that you can realistically reach?
Suggestion 4. Rethink
how you present yourself as a writer in your
text. What is your ethos (see Ch.
3)? Have you connected yourself and your
concerns to what you're writing about,
established a relationship with the audience
you're writing to?
Suggestion 5. Imagine
your audience's response to your writing.
What would they say? What questions would
they have for you? What would they want to
do in response to your writing? Try to
build your own responses to their responses right
into your text in some way.
Suggestion 6. Get
feedback on your writing from someone new.
Read your text out loud at at the dinner
table. Visit the Writing
Center! Make sure your reviewers
understand what your project is, who your
audience is, and so on.
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