Riki Thinks: Revising

Well, Revision is where you take something that is there, like a paper, and begin to change it.  These changes can be based on any number of new ideas, peer comments ect. that allow you to modify what ever it is you are trying to change.  Seems more often than not, when you are going back for a revision, or at least in my experiences, they are pretty big ones. Whole sections getting scrapped be they obsolete or vestigial. For the most part, a revision is an attempt to make something better, but sometimes you might make a change for the worse, but I think that is largely a matter of personal opinion. Point is... Change, when monitored and controlled can lead to advancement, and that is a lot like what we try and do when we revise.