Ten Hot Tips for Revision

1. Move Paragraphs

2. Move Sentences

3. Add Ideas

4. Discard Ideas

5. For Each Sentence: Move It, Lose It, or Use It!

6. Find Three Topic Sentences Somewhere in the Essay and Use Them.

7. Cut and Paste Paragraphs or Sentences

8. Find Feedback (The Writing Center is Good Place to Start)

9. Keep the Good and Throw Out the Bad!

10. Outline