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Hiram Lopez
ENG 1301.28
Trang Phan
9-13-10
Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers
Summary:
This article was about going back to your writing and rereading to make your point clearer for the reader to further understand what you are trying to say in your writing. Gordon Rohman suggested, that the composing processes moves from prewriting to writing to rewriting. James Britton’s model on the other hand stated that the writing process as stages being described as metaphors. They also initiated studies on a teenager and learned that the teenager don’t really revise nor expect much out of their writing believing there paper is already good the way it is like many young teens. Experienced writers have their own strategies, that strong writers are able to go back reread and try to connect and to relate to their writing. This makes it a lot easier for the reader to understand what you are saying. Some writers also tend to ask themselves questions to see what is needed to help improve their paper, or what is not needed this allows them to edit or delete parts of their paper to help get there point across and bring a better appreciation for their work.
Question:
How do students writers differ from experienced writers?
Response:
Student writers differ from experienced writers, because experienced writers are more experienced hence the term experienced. Student writers lack the skills in composing partly because as students write, they tend not to revise their paper because they think that their paper is finished or good the way it is. As for an experienced writer, they will go back and reread, revise, and reread again. They will put more effort in their paper to further elaborate and make their writing more interesting to the reader. Experienced writers tend to go deeper into the topic and bring about his or her felt sense. Whereas, a student will settle for what he or she has at hand. So you can conclude that it’s hard to compare an experienced writer to a student writer because the only things they have in common are that they have to write the paper, whether it for a homework assignment or publishing a book.

Works Cited:
Sommers, Nancy. “ Revision Strategies of Students Writers and Experienced Adult Writers” College Compositions and Communication Dec 1890: pgs 378-388