| essay editing is getting the right words fit into your | | | | appealing. Have a reason for putting them in the |
| essay. Editing an essay does not come at the end of | | | | order that you choose. Consider the following |
| the paper. It should come at any point that you write | | | | questions to take you through: does the introduction |
| down a sentence. There are three motives behind | | | | tells of the whole paper; does it grabs the |
| editing a college script. You edit to ensure that the | | | | reader’s attention and hint at what is to |
| script has a purpose and direction; you ensure that | | | | follow? Does they body of the work has all that has |
| the script has been well structured and you edit to | | | | been promised in the opening? Is there a topic |
| make the work appealing to your audience. | | | | sentence in each paragraph? Is every paragraph well |
| Editing for a purpose means interpreting that your | | | | connected to each other? Will any paragraph make |
| writing really accomplishes whatever your intentions | | | | more sense if left out or if rewritten? Does the |
| are. When you finish your essay, the purpose might | | | | conclusion reflect the body of the work? |
| have shifted from its original intention to an entirely | | | | College essay editing ends with the ultimate |
| new direction. This is particularly the case of complex | | | | consideration of the audience. The essay will be |
| and indirect topics or for other topics that start | | | | successful only if it succeeds with a particular |
| without a clear direction. When this occurs, the | | | | audience. Take the time to consider the |
| following questions will be there to guide you: what | | | | temperaments of your readers. Put yourself in the |
| exactly do you want to say? Is the purpose of your | | | | position of the reader. Has the essay told them what |
| paper clearly stated in your essay? Are there enough | | | | they will want to know from what they already |
| hints that any reader can use to determine this? Has | | | | know? Are there passages where the reader might |
| the paper said all that had to be said and do all the | | | | find boring, could these passages be rewritten or |
| paragraphs have the same purpose? Do you still | | | | thrown out? Will the reader feel they have not been |
| believe in the things you have written? Is there | | | | given what was promised in the introduction? Have |
| enough supportive evidence to back up what you | | | | you anticipated all reasonable questions that the |
| have raised in the paper? Are your evidence | | | | reader might ask? Have you used any technical |
| convincing? Genuine answers to these questions are | | | | language that the reader might not be able to |
| the cornerstone to a successful editing. | | | | understand? Have you used any sexist or offensive |
| When you edit for structure, you make sure that the | | | | language? Will the reader be convinced that you have |
| order of your ideas and the arrangement of materials | | | | told them something worth knowing? Once you |
| is as effective as possible. Take note that in a well | | | | provide a genuine answer to all the above questions, |
| structured essay, each part should fulfill a clear | | | | you would have gotten the right words for any |
| function. Study the opening and closing paragraphs to | | | | essay paper. |
| ensure that they are appropriate, to the point and | | | | |