APA style and citations for dummies - Joe Giampalmi 2021

Write tight and revise
Ten priorities for proficient academic writing
The parts of ten

Revising is the key process to successful writing — more important than initially composing. View revising as a recurring process that takes place until the writing is submitted. Revise between the thought process and the keystroke process. For example, the thought process in your mind may be “got,” as in, “Bonnie got an A.” But when the word travels to the fingers, it changes to “earn” as in, “Bonnie earned an A.” Avoid your personal pattern of vague verbs, general nouns, cliches, and unnecessary words. Recognize and revise lengthy word patterns.

Revising is like playing the piano: The more you practice, the better you get. Think revising as you read, and as you see signs on a highway. How would you improved clarity, precision, and economy? As your revising skills improve, revise papers you wrote a year ago and identify improvements. When you recognize differences between editing and revising, you’re learning revising. For example, revising requires changing organizational structure, paragraphs, sentences, and words. Inexperienced writers associate revising with editing spelling, grammar, and punctuation. See Chapter 8 for more about how famous writers approach revising.