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====Audience==== | ====Audience==== | ||
Who is the writing talking to? Just like people have different ways to talk to their parents, friends, or professors, writing has that same distinction depending on the audience. Writing about Jane Eyre for thirteen-year-olds who just read the book and a group of English majors in college who probably read the book at least twice is going to give two completely different articles. | Who is the writing talking to? Just like people have different ways to talk to their parents, friends, or professors, writing has that same distinction depending on the audience. Writing about Jane Eyre for thirteen-year-olds who just read the book and a group of English majors in college who probably read the book at least twice is going to give two completely different articles. | ||
==Revising== | |||
Revising<ref>Revising [http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/05/]</ref> is probably harder and more important than the actual writing to begin with because it’s during the revision process that the writing process truly begins. During this stage, not only is the author proofreading their work, but its during this stage that the author decides that maybe there are more ideas that can be incorporated, but most importantly revising is the time to cut baggage that makes the writing weaker or less appealing. | |||
====Revision Tips==== | |||
*Read it Aloud. Be aware of awkward sentences, typos etc… | |||
*Kill your Darlings! Anything that might be salvageable, save in another word document. | |||
*Check for clichés | |||
*Adverbs are the enemy! Cut them out | |||
*Avoid redundancy! | |||
*Take out the passive tense! That means no helping verbs. | |||
==Other Points to Consider== | ==Other Points to Consider== | ||
*Plagiarism<ref>Plagiarism [http://www.plagiarism.org]</ref> | *Plagiarism<ref>Plagiarism [http://www.plagiarism.org]</ref> | ||
*[[Scanability]] | *[[Scanability]] | ||
*[[Identification]] | *[[Identification]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||