Revision Process!

Blog 6:

What is your revision process like? When you go about proofreading or editing a document, what do you typically do? How long do you give yourself to do it? Do you consider yourself a good editor?

My revision process is different depending on whose document I am revising. If I am looking over my own work, I'm very picky and a stickler for mistakes. I make sure I find any possible problem and underline or highlight it to fix it. I check and recheck something if I think there's a possibility it may be spelled wrong or a grammatical error. After reading through the document, I go back in and fix all the errors on my computer and reprint the document and then check that version for errors as well. I try not to take too long to do this process as I like to be efficient, but I give myself as long as I need. I consider myself a good editor, at least with regards to my own work because I hold myself to high standards. When I check other people's work though, I go a lot easier because my kindness and my expectations for being correct conflict with each other. Do you point out every single mistake to them or only the big ones and let them learn the lesson on their own? You don't want to point out too much and make their self esteem go way down. It turns into a moral dilemma for me, but I try to help others as best as I can.