The 3 Step Writing Process

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The 3 Step Writing Process
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Step 3 Revising

• REVISING
• Improving content, style, and sentence structure.
  

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Step 3 Revising

• REVISING
• AVOID
• Wordiness, long lead-ins
• in view of the fact that...
• I am writing to let you know that our new
  lunchroom is ready.

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Step 3 Revising

• REVISING
• AVOID
• Needless or redundant words
• We actually did not reach our target
  projections.

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Step 3 Revising

• REVISING
• AVOID
• Vague or weak language
• Please contact us.
• Better, nice, interesting

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Step 3 Revising

• REVISING
• AVOID
• Jargon, slang, cliches
• FTP the HTML to the server.
• Put it on the back burner.

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• IF SCIENTISTS WROTE NURSERY RHYMES
• A research team proceeded toward the apex of a
  natural geologic protuberance,
• The purpose of the expedition being the
  procurement of a sample of fluid hydride of
  oxygen in a large vessel, the exact size of which
  was unspecified.
• One member of the team precipitately descended,
  sustaining severe damage to the upper cranial
  portion of his anatomical structure.
• Subsequently, the second member of the team
  performed a self-rotational translation oriented
  in the direction taken by the first member.

THE ORIGINAL NURSERY RHYME Jack and Jill went up
the hill, To fetch a pail of water. Jack
fell down and broke his crown, And Jill went
tumbling after.
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Class Activity

• REVISE THE FOLLOWING
• This is to let you know that in accordance with
  the credit agreement you should feel free to use
  your new credit card for a period of 60 days.
• It is certainly clear that there are many new,
  younger managers who are keen on managing but who
  are actually unprepared to assume management
  roles.
• It was the consensus of opinion of the members of
  the committee that the committee should meet
  again next Monday, October 10th.

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Step 3 Revising

• PROOFREADING
• Correcting the grammar and mechanics.

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Step 3 Revising

• PROOFREADING
• Spelling
• Double check difficult or unfamiliar words, names
• Use a spellchecker

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• ODE TO THE SPELL CHECKER
• Eye halve a spelling checker
• it came with my pea sea
• It plainly marks four my revue
• Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
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• Eye strike a key and type a word
• And weight four it two say
• Weather eye am wrong oar write
• it shows me strait a weigh
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• As soon as a mist ache is maid
• It nose bee fore two long
• And eye can put the error rite
• its rare lea ever wrong.
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• I have run this poem threw it
• I am shore your pleased two no

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Step 3 Revising

• PROOFREADING
• Grammar
• Punctuation
• Names and numbers
• Format

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Step 3 Revising

• TIPS for PROOFREADING
• Proofread a printed copy, if possible.
• For complex documents, set aside for a day.
• Read slowly.
• Read the document backwards.
• Ask someone else to proofread it.