The final steps of the writing process

     When you make something, you have to polish and perfect it before you are done.   That is the same in writing. The last steps of the writing process are revising and proofreading.  To revise the first draft of your essay, read it again and ask yourself what could be improved.  Look at the outline that you made before you wrote the first draft and check to see if you followed the outline. Then, ask at least one other person to read your first draft and give you some honest feedback about how you could improve your essay. Then sit down and revise your essay, using all this information to improve it as much as you can. Then read the essay one final time very carefully, checking spelling, grammar, punctuation and formatting, and make any necessary changes. When you are satisfied that you have made all the revisions to make your essay as good as it can be, you have finished the final draft. Save it to your flashdrive and print a copy to give to your teacher.