assessing and revising

The first part of today's reading was about assessing your writing. If your writing just for yourself, for example in a journal, just let your thoughts wander. Don't worry about your writing being sloppy or unorganized. When writing for others, we need to make sure to get our points across because we often won't be there to clarify it with the reader. Make sure your writing reflects the point your trying to get across to your reader. Also, make sure you give the reader enough background in your writing so that they understand your points.
Before turning in your complete finished product, make sure you get a response from an outside source. A well trusted source will help you improve your writing. When revising your paper, start with the biggest topics or errors and move your way to the smaller ones. The smaller errors will usually work themselves out once the bigger ones have been dealt with. Sometimes it's helpful to just completely rewrite your rough draft to get a fresh start. The reading for today was definitely very helpful. It had good advice on how to edit and revise your paper.