All of these skills are important when students are trying to learn to revise their writing. This chart describes important skills related to revising and editing writing. Necessary Subskills Common Obstacles Student is able to take the perspective of the audience who will be reading what he has written. Student cannot take the role of the reader when re-reading his or her own text. Student does not know what background information to include or what vocabulary to use so that the reader will understand what he has written.
Student is able to add and change content and ideas in a first draft.
Student does not know how to revise his writing. Student has difficulty editing his own papers.