EDITINGSTRATEGIES What to look for when editing… • Grammar • Clarity • Spelling • Punctuation • Sentence-Level Issues • Word Choice How to Edit… • Read aloud • Make notations • Prioritize What Editing Looks Like Example of Editing What accounts for this drastic differences in the perception of writing’s value from a three year old to an adult? How is it that a three-year-old can express gratitude for writing (even above such things as parents, family, and ice cream) and that, perhaps, seventeen years later that same child might instead approach writing— even writing in a community-based setting—as X , as that which is drudgery and lacks value? Many factors might have contributed to X’s dissatisfaction, but the similar, more recent experience I had while teaching a service-learning writing intensive course suggests that X’s disdain of writing as service may reflect some deeply nested tensions with this form of writing in the service learning context and may have implications for how writing program administrators and other teachers of writing approach community-based writing … Example of Editing What accounts for this drastic difference in attitude? Why would a three-year-old express gratitude for writing (even above parents, family, and ice cream) but seventeen years later instead approach writing—even writing in a community-based setting—as drudgery? Many factors might have contributed to X’s dissatisfaction However, the similar experience I had teaching a service-learning writing intensive course suggests that X’s disdain of writing as service may reflect some deeper tensions with this form of writing These complexities have implications for how writing program administrators and other teachers of writing approach community-based writing …