Revision to me wasn't really all that of an important concept to me before college. In high school I never wrote a draft just the final copy. Now that we have been writing all these different drafts I can see how much I can improve my work.
Revision is putting something just that much closer to perfection. It is making sure you get your point across to others clearly and perfectly. It is making a strive to perfection something we think is unattainable. Which is why Brinkman's rap holds true.
You may think your work is perfect at first but then you gain feedback. Feedback lets you learn your mistakes from the thoughts from a single person. And something else I truly became aware of in college is the diversity of the viewpoints of every single person. Which is why if you gain feedback from as many people as possible you can attain perfection. With every person's feedback you fill a blind spot and makes the whole ending product that much more great.
Perfection is the key word. It is an unattainable goal, yet it is a concept any person wishes to attain. You can't assume you are perfect off the get go because you won't be, someone else will always find a fault no matter how minute.
This is why I believe revision to be important now because like every other person in the world I wish to attain that great prize of perfection....
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