In the writing Revision Is Central To Developing Writing by Doug Downs it became very clear that creating our best possible writing will take a number of revisions, reflections, and maybe even collaborations. This part of the writing process is critical to writing a perfect paper and is a central part of developing the way we write. Without revisions and such our papers would be a mess and would only be a rough draft. Revisions are important because it shares a characteristic with other language-based ventures, not only represents existing concepts with the use of language but helps to generate a new language and ideas (Downs). Thus, the authors will have something else to express when writing that they didn’t have to say at the beginning of the article. Just like if someone were to watch the same movie over and over they would be able to pick out little minute details. Revising a paper is just more than looking over it a few times. Taking a step back and taking time for the writer to process their piece will let the writer see it from a new way. Working together with other writers and readers will also help the writer gain a different perspective. The more eyes that see the paper means the more feedback the writer will get to help them.
The two essays, Shitty First Drafts by Anne Lamott and Revision Is Central To Developing Writing by Doug Downs both have the same general topic. They both display greatly that revising and looking over your piece many times will give you a better paper. Taking the time and stepping back or even getting help to look over your paper is greatly appreciated in both of these essays. Although Shitty First Drafts is more biased and gives more of an opinion and experience to the paper.
Anne explains her experience and others too and really goes into depth about how helpful revising is. She is showing the readers that it’s helpful rather than just telling them how it works and what to do. Anne makes it more personal and tries to connect it to everyday instances. She uses these examples to show the students that it can be helpful.
The way Doug wrote his paper is more factual and the piece gives you everything you will need to know about revising. He gives you definitions and explains how it is helpful but he doesn’t explain it nearly as much as Anne does. While revising the two articles it became very clear that Dougs is more factual and Annes is more opinionated though, she does give us facts and statistics she gives us many more personal examples. They both are similar and different but they both are trying to send out the same message.
