“Most writers accept rewriting as a condition of their craft it comes with a territory. It’s not, however, seen as a burden but as an opportunity by many writers.”
Rewriting is exactly that because it can be used as a second chance for writing if whatever is being written doesn’t sound right or could be better. It stands out because of how well it was put together in one sentence.
“And yet rewriting is one of the writing skills least researched, least examined, least understood and -usually least taught. The vast majority of students, even those who take writing courses, get away with first-draft copy.”
This also stands out because rewriting is also treated almost like an ignored option. Everyone knows that is an option to make when it comes to writing, we all just purposely ignore it and don’t acknowledge rather because it is obvious or it’s just annoying. Rewriting for the most part happens to occur during the first draft.
“Discovery, however, can be a frightening process. The terror of the empty page is real because you simply do not know what you are going to say before you see it or if indeed you will have anything to say.”
Discovery is a frightening process in a weird way because you would not know what to expect and it is mostly a blank slate. This is exaggerated perfectly and is true in a way how discovery is when it comes to writing. A really good idea or thought should be present to make your writing great.
1: The ideas of internal and external revision are very similar a require thinking more and processing better of what is in front of you. Meanwhile Internal focuses more on the main context of what is going on, external is more outside the box and gives different ideas from different sources.
4: Revision is small punishment to yourself and fixing your errors for the better to improve your writing. Murray is saying in a unique way that revision is an opportunity for discovery because it is helping yourself rediscover and fix your writing especially when it comes to a specific context.