In my Significant Writing Project, “The Power of Narrative,” the process of revision was a recursive cycle of both global and local revisions. The primary change between my drafts is the alterations that I made to my thesis. Originally, my thesis was not specific, and did not correlate to the rest of my paper. The rest of my paper flowed together with a similar claim, but this claim did not directly relate to my thesis. I continued to make global revisions by reading through my paper, revising my thesis and then editing the rest of my paragraphs to fully mold the pieces together into on fluid essay. Another global revision that I made in the editing of my work was moving the evidence from Julie Beck within on of my paragraphs. To start, the quote was toward the end of my paragraph. By moving it up in the paragraph, I strengthened my argument by providing evidence at the beginning, and then further elaborating and connecting to my thesis afterwards. Towards the end of my revision process, I go back to polish my piece. I read it out loud to ensure that my sentences flow and make sense. This is were I make a bunch of local revisions. I will spice up the vocabulary, removing repetitive words, and fixing grammatical issues. Although this is normally the final step in my revision of my piece, it will happen a few times throughout my cycle of revisions. After I make global revisions, I then makes some local changes, only to make more global changes the following day when reading the paper with fresh eyes. Peers reviewing my paper give me guidance on how to edit, and what parts of my paper to focus my revisions on.
