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You probably haven't tried this revising trick ✏️

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Alyssa Matesic
Jan 16, 2026
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How do you revise?

Do you wait for feedback from your critique partners or revise as you go? Do you tackle the edits in chronological order or jump around?

Just as there’s no right way to write, there’s no right way to revise.

Slow down to work through the issues.

If you’re writing on deadline, you may be tempted to speed through your revisions ASAP. But s…

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