CNF

• Revision


  To "see again," to look at something from a fresh, critical perspective. An ongoing process of rethinking the paper: reconsidering your arguments, reviewing your evidence, refining your purpose, reorganizing your presentation, reviving stale prose
• Revising is a complex and complicated process of writing
• The purpose of the first draft is not to write something completely perfect--but to get your ideas on paper
• Revision can transform an ordinary piece of poetry, short fiction, personal essay or any form of writing into something memorable
• Macro revision of a personal narrative essay or fictional story, these are some of the things you need to consider when revising creative nonfiction (e.g. narrative piece) using literary conventions.
• Setting and Time

  Ensure that the beginning tells the reader what the story is all about and why they should read it. Ensure also that the beginning grabs the reader’s attention.
• Character/Characterization

  Revise to enhance the central character. Does the central character have a motive? Character flaws? Have you developed the character with dialogue, behavior, or appearance? Does the character have desire to reach some goals? 
• Plot/Plot Structure

  Revise to improve the ---. Is there a beginning, middle and ending? Is there an inciting incident? Problem? Setbacks? Or obstacles? Climax or turning point? Resolution to the story?

  Ensure that your story has an ending. Is the ending correct? Open? Or Closed?
• Dialogue

  Revise for ---. Does the --- reveal character? Move the story forward? Sound like real people talking? Does each character speak differently? Is --- included in important events or scenes? Do you include quotation marks and --- tags ---?
• Style

   Revise for ---. Do you use a consistent voice? Tone? Diction? Sentence variety?
• Voice

  Ensure that the story has a correct and consistent point of view. 

  First person (I)? Second person (you)? Third person (He/She)?

  Ensure that you have included concrete and specific and significant details and descriptions.
• Theme

  Ensure that the story has a ---. What is the implicit meaning of your work? Do symbols help to develop the ---? Is the --- revealed in the conflict? Is the --- revealed in the consequences of the story?
• Form - narrative, meditative, surreal, image, or prose
• Diction - word choice
• Line break - for emphasis, enjambment ad rhyme Stanza
• Figurative or poetic language - such as simile or metaphor or imagery
• Concrete and significant details
• Grammar - syntax and punctuation
• Right voice and style
• Sound - such as alliteration or assonance or rhyme
• Point-of-view - first, second, third person, or invented persona
• Theme - meaning of the poem
• Micro revision - it is a line-by-line edit of the following:  grammar, spelling, punctuation, and writing style.
• Ensure that you are using correct grammar such as correct usage (e.g. subject-verb agreement).
• Ensure that you are using correct punctuation -  period, comma, dash, exclamation point, question mark, quotations.
• Ensure that you are using correct spelling.
• Scenes. Ensure that you have shown and told your readers. You must write in --- for all important events. Do you show readers what happened? For things that are less important, do you tell your readers?
• Diction/word choice. Ensure that you have chosen the best language. What is the connotation and denotation of each word?
• Sentence variety. such as long and short sentence, fragments and climactic sentences, simple, compound, and complex sentences.
• Melody. Have you used alliteration? Assonance? Rhyme? Repetition?
• Rhythm. It refers to the parallel structure of your prose.
• Lyricism. Ensure that your prose is lyrical. Have you used imagery? Metaphor? Simile?
• Usage. Ensure that you have used the active voice, concrete nouns, and action verbs. Ensure that you have adjectives and adverbs sparingly.