tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693014699643165460.post5151696641211246176..comments2023-10-12T16:58:14.741-04:00Comments on Anonymous Legacy: Agent Tweets #8: 2-in-12,000 ShotAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05145626477713347271noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693014699643165460.post-939263785030888552012-03-06T21:24:01.098-05:002012-03-06T21:24:01.098-05:00Fair point. That's a great definition, actuall...Fair point. That's a great definition, actually.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05145626477713347271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693014699643165460.post-444258076652402452012-03-06T13:09:37.946-05:002012-03-06T13:09:37.946-05:00A lot of people also seem to use "edit" ...A lot of people also seem to use "edit" and "revise" interchangeably, which I find confusing. I've pretty much gotten to where I think of "revising" as the big-picture stuff--cutting out chapters, reworking character arcs, etc--and "editing" as the line-by-line stuff.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340616917010316920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693014699643165460.post-14767666998908858572012-03-06T09:38:30.412-05:002012-03-06T09:38:30.412-05:00eeep! Meant to post my longer answer here in direc...eeep! Meant to post my longer answer here in direct reply to your question (see below for full answer). Thanks for such a great question! I may do a followup post on this very topic later this week.<br /><br />Thanks for reading!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05145626477713347271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693014699643165460.post-64293387823396771122012-03-06T09:37:25.547-05:002012-03-06T09:37:25.547-05:00Y'know, that's a good question, and I had ...Y'know, that's a good question, and I had to go do a bit of searching around for an answer myself. From what I understand, "edit" means to take care of those glaring errors - typos, misspellings, etc - whereas "polish" means to look at a sentence (or paragraph) and say "This is good, but how can I make this great?"<br /><br />In my composition classes (I teach high school), I tell my students they should always check their writing for syntax (grammar) and then for semantics (does it make sense?). Semantics has to do with the "big picture" reasoning of what you're writing --- whether you're consistent in your points, your details, guarding against your characters having even minor personality changes along the way.<br /><br />That's how I interpret the difference. Editing = Syntax. Polishing = Semantics. Does that make sense?Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05145626477713347271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693014699643165460.post-27198326990506257152012-03-06T08:49:26.831-05:002012-03-06T08:49:26.831-05:00Good post and a bit of an eye opener. I have a que...Good post and a bit of an eye opener. I have a question. What's the difference between "edit" and "polish"?Wendy Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01628553700891612863noreply@blogger.com