Revision & Editing
📋 What it is
Revision improves content and structure; editing fixes grammar and spelling.
🗣️ Coach says
First drafts are just the start. REVISION reshapes the big stuff — plot, clarity, character. EDITING polishes the small stuff — grammar, spelling, punctuation. Do revision first, editing last; both make writing shine.
🧠 Memory hook
Revise BIG (story, clarity) first. Edit SMALL (grammar, spelling) last. Two different jobs.
😂 Giggle
Why did the character arc feel tired?
It had been on a long journey of personal growth!
😲 Whoa!
Professional authors often revise a manuscript ten or more times before it's published.
✅ Quick check: Fixing a confusing plot is revision or editing?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Revision — it changes the content and structure, not just grammar.
Revision reshapes big-picture content; editing fixes surface errors.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Take a paragraph you wrote, revise one idea to be clearer, then fix one spelling error.