No one writes a perfect paper the very first time. All experienced writers know that they will have to revise their work again and again and again until they are satisfied with what they have. Don't forget to factor time into your schedule to make room for revisions. There are two types of revisions, global and local.
Global revisions are the hardest to make, but they are the most important.
When you revise globally, you may add several sentences or paragraphs, move chunks of the paper around or even delete several sentences or paragraphs. Local revisions are what we think of as editing. When you edit, you clean up typos, check spelling and word choice and correct grammatical and mechanical errors. All rights reserved.