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Recommended: The maker’s eye: revising your own manuscript

Donald M. Murray states in his article, The Makers Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts, “Anthony Burgess, one of the most prolific writers in the English speaking world, admits, “I might revise a page twenty times”” (Murray 672). Also, Roald Dahl, the popular children’s writer, states that he reread and altered and corrected his first part at least one hundred and fifty times by the time he is nearing the end of a story (Murray 672). It emphasize the importance of the revision. Students have difficulty to find their mistakes or choose accurate words in their writings only once without the revision process. However, although revision enable students to make their paper more organized, they consider the job of writing done when they complete a first draft. According to Murray, the first draft, and all of those which follow including the revision process, are opportunities to discover what they have to say and how best they can say it (Murray 670). I strongly agree with this proposition. When I compare the essays I wrote through this class, I could find the change especially, the form-related growth, dimension-related growth, and opinion-related growth. I am positive that revision improve students’ essays and writing skills. Therefore, students should realize the importance of the revision, and they should not finish their work when they complete the first drafts. Also, if I could revise my full essay one, I should re-read it and improve especially, the grammatical problems, dimension, and voices, my own opinion.
When I focus on my development as a writer, I can find three obvious improvements. The first one is the form-related growth. At the beginning of this semester, I did not get the correct idea of the MLA format. My first short...

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...qually, I should not stop writing after I complete my first draft. My full essay one can be improved in terms of grammatical problems, development and dimension, and voices, my own opinion. Through this essay, I apprehend that I can be more developed as a writer if I revise my full essay one. I am not native English speaker and face many troubles and difficulties to express my opinions thorough essays. However, I realize that revision dramatically help me to improve my writings. In the future, I would like to expand my vocabulary and knowledge about the grammar. Besides, I should be able to express my individual thoughts more skillfully. I will deepen my view of the English world, and continue doing efforts to improve my writings honestly. Lastly, I believe that I will not forget the concept of “the zero draft” (Murray 670), and would like to develop my maker’s eye.

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