Writing Strategies

Evaluative Annotated Bibliography
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Smith, B. (2003). Proofreading, revising & editing skills success in 20 minutes a day. New York: Learning Express.
This book teaches how to draft a piece of writing without grammatical errors. It is a valuable reference guide for the writing process. The book begins by creating awareness of the writing process, which entails planning, drafting, editing, revising, and generating a final draft (Smith, 2003). It is the foundation of proofreading, revising, and editing a piece of writing. The book then provides the coaching needed to correct any errors in the written work (Smith, 2003). It walks the writers through the revision process by showing them how to transform sentences from ambiguity to concise expression. It also shows the audience how to organize paragraphs and use transformations skillfully (Smith, 2003). Additionally, the book teaches the writer the fundamental rules such as subject/verb and noun/pronoun agreement and critical writing styles for a top-notch essay.
The strength of this book is that it improves an individual's writing skills. Reading the book enables one to understand the basic writing rules and learn the common mistakes writers make when drafting a piece of work. Every writing aspect highlighted in the book helps shape a person’s writing skills. They help generate a well-structured, grammatical-error-free paper with a global flow. People who want to learn the editorial skills required to revise their work can read this book.
Although the book improves a person’s writing skills, it does not specify its target audience. In other words, its specific area of application is unknown. The other two articles have a specific target population. Turner’s (2011) article targets higher education students like Master's or Ph.D. students, whereas Gastel’s (2015) targets early- and mid-career medical communicators. This book will be utilized in an essay by applying the evaluated editing and proofreading tactics to generate a quality paper.
Turner, J. (2011). Rewriting writing in higher education: The contested spaces of proofreading. Studies in Higher Education, 36(4), 427–440.
This article reports on a study project about proofreading following its rising demand in today’s higher education. It engages the question of proofreading from various angles. First, it identifies whether proofreading is a skill all students should acquire, particularly those who use English as a second language (ESL) (Turner, 2011). Second, the article questions the morality of paying for proofreading, considering that this practice is relatively seductive for ESL students struggling to write appropriately (Turner, 2011). In the same context, the author examines whether the overdependence on proofreaders lowers the standards of writing skills. The article also develops the ‘‘writtenness’’ concept to express the changing circumstances of academic writing in contemporar...