Revision

Revision is a very important aspect of writing especially when that writing is public. You want to make sure your writing is accurate, clear, and understandable. Everyone makes mistakes, it’s a part of being human, but we can also have the integrity and good character to correct those mistakes as much as we are able. This post highlights the various revisions I made to posts on my webpage. It runs through both my thought process as well as literal changes I made. I hope the revisions I made not only make my posts more clear but also serve to show you the importance of revision itself. 

Revision of Understanding the Internet Post:

In going back to revise this specific post, I kept a few things in mind. Feedback I had received for its revision was that I would make paragraphs smaller and focused, write an intro paragraph, and add more personal experience with the topic. I definitely agreed with this feedback and aimed to complete these things. In summary I accomplished each of these things as best as I could see they needed, cutting out unneeded sentences, separating paragraphs into smaller ones, forming an intro as well as a conclusion, and added a bit more personal experience. I tried to be candid as much as possible and keep only the necessary information for the reader. 

Revision of My Digital Literacy Narrative Post:

For this post my main goal was to shorten up the narrative into more concise and clear paragraphs that were comparatively shorter. This is something I’ve definitely always had to work on; using words and sentences wisely and clearly to communicate my message. My assignments and posts can get very wordy and repetitive. As I revised My Digital Literacy Narrative, I cut out sentences or words that were unnecessary while shortening and separating paragraphs, all contributing to the post being better understood and more interesting to read. 

Revision of Design Principles Post:

I did not change too much about this piece. I continued revision on this post with the mindset of making it more concise and clear as a whole. This brought me to cut out some sentences that didn’t need to be there. I tried to make this post more clear for the reader to understand which I think is important for a blogger’s website. 

Revision of Podcast Reflection Post:

As this course went on I can tell that my writing style changed a little bit for the better. As I received feedback and read other’s posts or articles, my writing changed to reflect what I learned. Coming to my Podcast Reflection post for revision I could see that here my paragraphs were small and language more clear than previous posts. I cut out a few sentences here and there, but for the most part I left it as is.

Revision of Wikepedia Page and Experience Posts:

I did not change my wikipedia page at all mostly because I put so much effort into creating it in the first place. There was not a whole lot of information about the Valley of Vision available on the internet, so going forward with any further research I would definitely need either some help or find different resources. With the post about my wikipedia experience I wrote it just previously to writing this very post so I didn’t change too much, only separating a few paragraphs. 

Revision is something I have never liked to do. I hate rereading my work, mostly because I’m my own worst critic. I often have the terrible habit of simply completing an assignment or post and submitting it as is regardless of mistakes. However, for this course we had an entire assignment based around revision and therefore I could not escape it. 

Even though it was tedious and not what I would prefer to do, revising my various posts and creating this post about the process was a key learning experience that I think will cultivate better revision habits in the future. What you say and what you read are very important and life changing. I would never want someone to interpret my words in the wrong way or not be able to understand what I’m saying because of any errors that I could change with a little effort. Revision is critical for a clear and concise piece of writing and I will be able to remember that practically because of this course.