Revision is the step where we take the work we have written and we refine it. Revision is not going to focus on sentence level stuff like commas and whether you’re using too many parentheses. Instead, revision is where we focus on larger things like our ideas and organization. When you revise you want to make sure that you are sending out your message clearly and effectively. You also want to make sure that you are supporting yourself well.

In your writing class you will be expected to revise after having received feedback from your peers and instructors. Do remember that you do not have to take all of the feedback you have received and make every single change. Instead, you want to consider how you want to get your point across and make choices to that effect. This piece of writing is yours. It is ultimately up to you what revisions you make.

Before making changes it can be very helpful to make a revision plan. A revision plan is exactly what it sounds like-- a plan for revision. Your instructor may give you some ideas about how to format a revision plan if they want you to turn one in. Commonly, however, we find that students like to make lists of the changes they want to make so that they can go down the list and check off changes when they make them.