FOR Njosh only
Summarizing
Revisions have been part and parcel of my learning experiences and play a vital role
when I am convinced that the review will play a role in achieving better grades. It feels
particularly disappointing and oppressing when it does not come from you. And more so if you
had fallen in love with your essay, which makes it difficult to change your mind setting which in
turn makes it unwilling to think. The harder part that comes when the paper I am supposed to
revise, usually has a deadline. Sometimes it is even hard to know what is wrong with your
writing, and if the document is given for revision a second time, there is a growth of weariness
with the paper.
One of my previous experiences, I was supposed to reword and use better words so as to
avoid repetition. It was a smallscale revision which falls into Murray’s explanation of, revise.
Some little part of my essay was not working and seemed weak in supporting the general theme
that was being addressed by the paper. I had to read and do some little formal rewriting, at the
same time reading through the whole document to ensure the new corrections rhyme with the
larger context of the essay.
According to Murray's explanation, revising is focusing on the big picture of the purpose
of your writing. How well you respond to your assignment and achieve your goals for the paper.
It is focused on ensuring the ideas developed focus on the general theme, and there is a relation
between these ideas. Correction, on the other hand, is focused on the rhythmical flow of ideas,
through the arrangement of paragraphs, grammatical errors and sweeping through the paper for
eye identifiable mistakes, such as verbs, punctuations, and spellings. My experiences, therefore,
were more of revision other than correction.
References
Murray, Donald M. “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts.” The McGrawHill:
Issues Across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. New York: CUNY, 2002. 5660.