Chapter 17

Chapter seventeen of the Bedford Researcher is all about revising and editing a draft. It is split up into what you should focus on and strategies to use while revising a draft as well as focus points and strategies for editing a draft. The very beginning of the chapter mentions the differences between revising and editing before discussing each topic separately. The chapter discusses the process of revising, including evaluating arguments, assessing integration of sources, and examining the structure and organization of the paper. The next half talks about the editing process, and what you should look for while editing, like accuracy on names, facts, or figures, consistency of concepts, correct grammar and spelling, and appropriate tone and style.

This is a very fitting final chapter for the quarter as we finish up our research projects. This chapter is going to be a very helpful frame of reference to work off of as I revise and edit my paper before turning it in. It gives very specific instructions and definitions to make it easy to identify the parts of a paper that may need some work before it can be considered finished. It is very useful to have a definitive set of explanations about the differences of editing and revising and how to do both effectively to produce the best possible paper.