Keywords
writing process, writing revision, writing process, teaching revision
Submission Type
Research
Preview
If you were to ask one of your students to tell you where to fit revision into the writing process, they would probably tell you it was one of the last steps. “The writing process begins with pre-writing, then drafting, then revising, and last of all proofreading,” they might respond. As teachers, we generally teach some form of this writing process. The problem with this instruction is that students often perceive the writing process as an unflinching standard, a one-way road with a dead end—no U-turns allowed. Revision becomes nothing more than a stop sign, a landmark that must be passed in order to reach the destination. Perhaps we need to re-examine how we teach revision and do away with this unhelpful analogy.
Recommended Citation
Lemley, Kevin
(2010)
"Revisiting Revision: Redefining the Writing Process,"
The Utah English Journal: Vol. 38, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/uej/vol38/iss1/4