Revising and Rewriting

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How to proofread, edit and revise
Short proofreading and editing checklists
Critiques and peer review

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How to proofread, edit and revise

Editing and Proofreading Strategies (St. Cloud U)

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/genproofed.html

How to approach and proofreading and editing task.

 

Editing & Proofreading for Specific Sentence-level Errors (St. Cloud U)

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/editing.html

Detailed instructions for identifying grammatical and stylistic errors.

 

Strategies for Successful Proofreading (Temple U)

http://www.temple.edu/writingctr/student_resources/proofreading.html

 

Higher Order Concerns and Lower Order Concerns (Purdue U)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_hocloc.html

Long list of substantive, stylistic and grammatical issues when reviewing your first draft.

 

Proofreading Strategies (Purdue U)

 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_proof.html

How to approach proofreading, with links to other handouts which can help you revise your paper.

 

Steps in Editing (Purdue U)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_stepedit.html

Step by step guide to proofreading, editing and revising - can be used as a checklist.

Short proofreading and editing checklists

Revision: From First to Final Draft (Hamilton College) (PDF)

https://my.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/Revision_First_to_Final_Draft.PDF

Questions to ask yourself when looking at your first draft.

 

Revision Checklist and Editing Guidelines (George Mason U)

http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/handouts/check.html

 

Questions for Revision (George Mason U)

http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/handouts/revise93.html

Questions to ask yourself as you revise your paper.

 

Suggestions for Revising Prose (RPI Writing Center)

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/revise.html

 

Suggestions for Proofreading (U Wisconsin-Madison)

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Proofreading.html

 

Revising and Editing Questions (Trinity College)

http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/writcent/reveditq.html

Twelve point quick checklist for revising.

 

Checklist for a Final Edit (U Richmond)

http://writing.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/finaled.html

 

Revision Checklist for Reports (Roane State CC)

http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl&writingcenter/OWL/RevisRpt.html

 

Revision Checklist for Essays (Roane State CC)

http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl&writingcenter/OWL/EssayRev.html

 

Twelve Common Errors: An Editing Checklist (U Wisconsin-Madison)

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html

 

Warning Signs of a Rushed Paper (U Richmond)

http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/rushed.html

 

Critiques and peer review

Responding to a Draft (U Wisconsin-Madison)

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/PeerReviews.html

Help in doing peer review of others' papers.

 

A Guide to Gracious Criticism (George Mason U)

http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/handouts/eiphand.html

Practical tips for reviewing others' papers and giving gracious criticism.

 

Peer Editing Guide (U Richmond)

http://writing.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/peeredit.html

Tips for editing others' papers—what to look for and how to mark it for revision.