Becky Lyons
English 103
“At A Glance” pg. 174


When completing the “At a Glance” from the textbook, I was able to revise my report on censorship. I changed my original idea for the report to the freedom to read from the topic of urban legends because it was a much more narrow idea. After reading my rough draft out loud as suggested, I was able to find a few spelling and grammar errors that I had overlooked so revising it in this way was very helpful. I also followed the advice to print out the report and revise it by hand which proved to be useful because it allowed me to write down any additional ideas I had instead of just keeping them in my head and hoping I would remember them later. Going through the essay I was also able to elaborate on a few ideas that elongated my writing and made the paper flow better as a whole. Overall, I think the ideas presented in the Envision text were very helpful and allowed me to revise my paper in a positive manner. The suggestions that were made were very relevant to any paper I might be writing, and for this one in particular about censorship, I think they made me think twice about certain paragraphs and dissect the paper by taking out what was unnecessary and adding to areas that needed more elaboration.