Editing Writing Making writing better Seomra Ranga 2012

Editing Writing Making writing better © Seomra Ranga 2012 www. seomraranga. com

Editing O Editing a piece of writing is the process by which the author critically analyses the writing O Editing is also known as “redrafting” © Seomra Ranga 2012 www. seomraranga. com

Editing O The aim is to improve the piece of writing and make the meaning clearer for the reader O The author asks questions to help improve the writing © Seomra Ranga 2012 www. seomraranga. com

Editing O There are many ways that an author can edit their work O This method is called the A. R. R. R. Method. It stands for Adding, Rearranging, Removing, Replacing © Seomra Ranga 2012 www. seomraranga. com

Adding OWhat else does the reader need to know that should be added into my story? © Seomra Ranga 2012 www. seomraranga. com

Re-arranging OIs the information in my story in the best order for the reader? © Seomra Ranga 2012 www. seomraranga. com

Removing OAre there any extra details, that don’t help the story, that can be taken out? © Seomra Ranga 2012 www. seomraranga. com

Replacing OAre there any words/details that can be replaced by stronger/clearer words/details? © Seomra Ranga 2012 www. seomraranga. com

Editing OTry out the A. R. R. R. Method when you are editing/re-drafting your writing. © Seomra Ranga 2012 www. seomraranga. com