You shouldn’t begin editing until you feel confident in your revisions. Once you feel your content is where you need it to be, it’s time to begin a thorough editing process. Editing is about making changes to …

The Editing Checklist found below will help you focus on some key issues as you edit. There are two versions of the checklist below. The first is a printable PDF version, and the second is an interactive …

In the past, once I drafted, I would generally just move ahead to editing. But I learned from the Online Writing Lab that I need to think about revising my content before I edit if I want to have a stronger paper.

It’s now your turn to complete revision and editing for your research paper. Be sure to work on revision first, as you may make significant changes to your content.

Here’s how it works: Outline your paper, jotting down your thesis statement and the topic sentences in each of your paragraphs. See if this skeleton of your paper reveals a clear, logical flow of ideas and …

The video below provides an overview of the steps in the process of writing an research paper and will give you a sneak peek at what you’ll be learning about in this area of the Excelsior OWL.

You have done a lot of work so far, and, now, it’s time to put all of that work together and begin drafting your research paper. Using your outline as a guide, you’ll begin to develop your ideas and integrate …

Once you complete your own rough draft, you will want to engage in a revision and editing process that involves feedback, time, and diligence on your part. The steps that follow in this section of the …

Pay close attention as you run both your spell checker and grammar checker, questioning them as you go. Once you have finished running these programs, it is time for you to get to work as an editor. …