Putting it all together:
Here are some ideas about
assembling the final article for Environmental Writing.
Content:
Add / omit details where necessary or useful
Perhaps delete details that now do not fit.
Especially look at the place/narration introduction
What can you add?
What can you delete so the section get to the main idea quickly?
Respond to my notes on the old drafts
Answer my
questions. Clarify points as I requested on the old drafts.
Add analysis
State the analysis in terms of your main point
Add transitions
Revise the background/place/narration so it fits.
Add/revise the paragraph segue from it to the main point
Be sure you have a main point
Use creative non-fiction where possible—integrate the narration
Add a conclusion – see
the Web page for ideas
Organization:
Deal with information in blocks
Re-organize as necessary
Add headings or typographic section breaks
Clarify transitions
Avoid: "this
section will cover..." "as stated before...." "as will
be covered later..."
Sentence Style:
Deal with all my notes.
Do not write comma splices or fragments.
Check the basics (spelling, agreement….)
Copy edit carefully: See p. 27
Documentation:
Cite sources thoroughly and correctly
NOTE: Don't try
to complete this work on the computer. Instead, you need to print the
whole doc. and edit from the hard copy.