Revising for Purpose

Frank H. Loucks
Instructor: Christy Vance
English 102-013
November 18, 2009
Revising for Purpose
In the first paragraph, she gave a good example about how rough drafts are very similar to relationships. It’s like saying “love is blind.” Rough drafts can take a long time to build, just like relationships. When things are not going so good, you have to step back to give it some time. Maybe you have reached a dead end, and lost sight of your goal, and need some time to refocus.
Why would you throw something away after spending so much time on something you love? Revision doesn’t mean starting all over, it means making it stronger from what you already have. You the writer have to take control. It can not control you. After all, you are the creator and a creator can create any thing he/she wants. Just like an artist applying paint on a canvas. Each writer has their own style and every artist has their own technique.
Before I read this article, I thought a revision is making corrections on punctuations and grammar. There’s a lot more to it. Little did I know?
Ballenger talked about different strategies on how to go about on making revisions on your paper. I like the “Cut-and-Paste” method. Being a spatial type person, this method would work for me. I think. I have never done this before, but seem like a logical way. Also, I like the “Listening to the Voice” method. I when go back to something that I have written in the past and reread it out loud, it sounds a lot different. A lot different than what you have intended to write. The content is a lot different.