This is actually not the case. What professional writers say is that the first draft is almost always just the germ<\/a> of what they end up publishing. The end product is significantly different.<\/p>\n You may not be a professional, but you can learn from looking at what professionals do.<\/p>\n “Writing is a process”<\/strong><\/p>\n It means that the act of writing is not the end-goal—it’s just the beginning of a series of steps. Taking that series of further steps is what helps your writing metamorphose<\/a> from an ugly pupa to a beautiful butterfly.<\/p>\n Revising in a nutshell<\/strong><\/p>\n When you revise, you do three major things to your writing:<\/p>\n Happy editing!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You’ve written something great. Or maybe you’ve written something that’s just good enough. In any case, why rewrite or revise it? What professional writers say You might think that professional writers can just spit out good writing on the first try, the way a professional basketball player can make that ball swish through the hoop … Continue reading Why do we rewrite?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15,8,14,7],"series":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-editing","tag-essays","tag-fiction","tag-nonfiction"],"aioseo_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/sukiwessling.com\/kidblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KidsLearn-UseYourTools.jpg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ksqd-talks-music\/id1703111686","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"https:\/\/sukiwessling.com\/kidblog\/feed\/podcast","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7DuOuT1jXWSctSexcdC97s","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"tunein":{"key":"tunein","url":"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/KidsLearn-p3854634\/","label":"TuneIn","class":"tunein","icon":"tunein.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mECGrb_UsoA&list=PLhcbiKBzJvJLnU2R4q1eSNuE_jBTCm6Iu","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/sukiwessling.com\/kidblog\/feed\/podcast\/kidslearn","embedCode":"![\"monarch_butterfly__insect__complete_metamorphosis_by_oobichan-d5e99mt\"](\"http:\/\/sukiwessling.com\/kidblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/monarch_butterfly__insect__complete_metamorphosis_by_oobichan-d5e99mt.jpg\")
<\/a>You might think that professional writers can just spit out good writing on the first try, the way a professional basketball player can make that ball swish through the hoop seemingly without effort.<\/p>\n<\/a>Writers always say this. What does it mean?<\/p>\n\n
\nThis is the most important question you should ask: Have I said what I really want to say here? Did I fulfill the promise I made to my reader? Did I leave ideas hanging or include ideas that are just distractions?<\/li>\n
\nNext, make sure that you said what you wanted to say well.<\/em> Did you write straightforward, clear sentences? Did you create strong, well-supported paragraphs? Did you put your ideas in the most logical order?<\/li>\n
\nLast but not least, remember that you are sending your writing out into the world to represent you<\/em>. If it’s full of misspellings and grammar mistakes, that says something about you the perhaps you don’t want to be said! Make sure that people aren’t distracted by sloppiness so that they can’t appreciate the meaning of what you wrote.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nWhy do we rewrite?<\/a><\/blockquote>