Reading Chapter 11 (pg 208) of the book On Writing taught me that revising your work is really important. Revising essays are not really my thing, so I'm guessing that's why I don't earn the grade I want for writing an essay. Stephen told “me” that I need to write “at least two drafts; the one you do with the study door closed and the one you do with it open.” He said something about “writing with the door shut” somewhere at the beginning, but I can’t seem to remember the meaning of the phrase (I’m guessing it means you have to be focus and take writing seriously).
According to Stephen, you should write the first draft by your own without needing any help. Needing any help means you can’t show what you’ve written to any friend because you’re being dubious or you need some compliment. And even if someone complimented your writing, you will be off the track and you will eventually concentrate on something else.
Stephen taught me a lot of things about revising your work and I think they will come in handy. The reason I am so grateful to learn about revising my work is because I never revise my work at all (I don’t even proof read them) because there’s this laziness that’s keeping me from reading it over again.
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