Analyzing Johnson-Sheehan's 'Writing Today'
The fifteenth chapter of “Writing Today”, by Johnson-Sheehan, Paine, Shaw, and Stouck focuses on the steps that must taken in order to improve “text from good to excellent. The authors outline four levels that a text must examined at in order for it to be effective (Johnson-Sheehan, Paine, Shaw, and Stouck, 2014, p.303). The first and most broad level in editing is “Global Revision” which entails focusing on the overall topic, angle and purpose of the text as well as keeping mind the readers. This level allows the main idea’s an author is trying to communicate to be articulated correctly (Johnson-Sheehan, Paine, Shaw, and Stouck, 2007, p.304-309). Moving away from the broadest level, editing can be focus on content, organization, and design
of a document. In this level the author can focus on editing aspects such as the amount of information, reorganizing the writing to highlight major ideas, as well as determining the most effective design. In the third level, copyediting, a writer must focus on the titles and sentences of their text to ensure their clarity and meaning is clearly recognizable. This enables readers to correctly understand the text without any confusion (Johnson-Sheehan, Paine, Shaw, and Stouck, 2007, p.313-314). The final step in editing text is to proof read it for any spelling and grammatical mistakes by reading over it personally, or asking others for added assistance (Johnson-Sheehan, Paine, Shaw, and Stouck, 2007, p. 315). Editing a paper from all these levels enables it to fully communicate the ideas the author wanted.
of a document. In this level the author can focus on editing aspects such as the amount of information, reorganizing the writing to highlight major ideas, as well as determining the most effective design. In the third level, copyediting, a writer must focus on the titles and sentences of their text to ensure their clarity and meaning is clearly recognizable. This enables readers to correctly understand the text without any confusion (Johnson-Sheehan, Paine, Shaw, and Stouck, 2007, p.313-314). The final step in editing text is to proof read it for any spelling and grammatical mistakes by reading over it personally, or asking others for added assistance (Johnson-Sheehan, Paine, Shaw, and Stouck, 2007, p. 315). Editing a paper from all these levels enables it to fully communicate the ideas the author wanted.