A remark: revising

[nyggus]

Hi all,

I've been just revising my own quite a long text in Polish (I am now enjoying a break in this painful work) and a remark came to my mind. I have found so many mistakes there: in grammar, not to mention style, but also wrong uses of words. So many mistakes! How come I should not make such mistakes in English?! Not a chance, not a chance! And here this old truth comes out: without painstaking revising there is no good piece of writing. You may be a native speaker, you may be a good writer - it doesn't matter: if you don't revise your writing, it may be (and likely will!) full of mistakes and it may be written badly,which altogether make the writing of poor quality.

Some time ago I believed a good writer is one that writes the final version of a piece once he/she takes a pen into hand and puts it down on a sheet of paper: this is not true. Just geniuses like Mozart do not need revising. Others do.

It's just a remark that I wanted to share with others. Dear friends-writers: never forget about revising! Let's revise!

All the best,
Nyggus

[Anglika]

Excellent advice! Very few authors ever publish their first draft.

[Delmobile]

And it is such a gift that, after a period of "rest" away from the work, we can begin our revisions with a fresh and objective eye. Without that perspective, worthwhile revision would be impossible.

[Barb_D]

Absolutely true!!

[nyggus]

Originally Posted by Delmobile

And it is such a gift that, after a period of "rest" away from the work, we can begin our revisions with a fresh and objective eye. Without that perspective, worthwhile revision would be impossible.

Agree. The problem is when your deadline passed yesterday and you're just putting a first word on paper...

Nyggus

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by nyggus

The problem is when your deadline passed yesterday and you're just putting a first word on paper...

Date the paper yesterday.