And yes, some writers who practice revision for a long time, eventually learn to avoid most mistakes so that their first drafts do not need much revision. But everyone else needs to revise and revise and revise. Putting a work through a spelling checker or a grammar checker is not revision. Of course you should examine your material for misspellings and typos. But that kind of checking is not what I mean by revision.
Revision means changing words and phrases, and sometimes changing whole sentences and paragraphs.
Almost everyone's writing needs this kind of revision. Unfortunately, those who most need to revise are likely to lack the skills to revise effectively. A few have a highly inflated opinion of their work and will not consider changing a single golden word once they have blessed the world with it. Click to learn how. Find your local gay bookstore.