During peer editing yesterday, I did not get my paper edited like it should have been. I left class crying because they were making fun of how I was writing all over the person’s paper I was editing.

This segment discusses how writers and artists work over a period of time to create a final product. It highlights artist Charlie Hewitt’s printmaking process for “The Portland Print.” The Narrator ...

Some teachers and scholars may merge editing and revising, and that is OK because there is one less step, but the same amount of work is undertaken. So what is revision? In simplest terms, it may mean ...

same? What do you think? Well, they are sometimes used interchangeably even though they are really two distinct activities writers engage in to improve their writing. What do the terms mean? On one ...

Do the terms ‘revise’ and ‘edit’ mean the same? What do you think? Well, they are sometimes used interchangeably even though ...

I always enjoy my writing workshops at the Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading. This year about 100 members of the public crowded into a small theater to hear me fool around on the piano and toss out ...

Discover how expert editing elevates essays beyond grammar fixes to transform structure, clarity, and analysis. Learn the editing process that turns B papers into As.

Tara Bogozan is an English teacher and AVID Elective educator. She has taught both middle and high school in the Atlanta metro area for over 17 years. You can follow her @mrs_tbogo on Twitter: ...