Analyzing Johnson-Sheehan's 'Writing Today'

The fifteenth chapter of “Writing Today”, by Johnson-Sheehan, Paine, Shaw, and Stouck focuses on the steps that must taken in order to improve “text from good to excellent. The authors outline four levels that a text must examined at in order for it to be effective (Johnson-Sheehan, Paine, Shaw, and Stouck, 2014, p.303). The first and most broad level in editing is “Global Revision” which entails focusing on the overall topic, angle and purpose of the text as well as keeping mind the readers. This level allows the main idea’s an author is trying to communicate to be articulated correctly (Johnson-Sheehan, Paine, Shaw, and Stouck, 2007, p.304-309). Moving away from the broadest level, editing can be focus on content, organization, and design