Reading Response

I never really thought of revising,how Ballenger explains it. I always thought that when someone revised my paper they were fixing punctuation marks, or giving me a hint on how to re word some information. In reality though, I myself revise my paper similar to how Ballenger explains in the reading " Revising for Purpose". Whenever I write a paper, I just let all my ideas flow and after I'm done I tend to rewrite my paper at least three to four times sometimes more, sometimes less. I have to do whatever it takes to make my paper flow even if that means changing the thesis or switching it up. Ballenger encourages us as writers to do that because as we do that we no longer are just stating facts but we show the new information with the old information and it gives our paper a voice. I personally like to show passion in my paper and try and make the reader understand how I feel about what I am writing hoping they can relate to it as well.
Although I will like to think that writing is an easy process most of the time, I have found that it can be a complex process as well. There are times when I really want to state something in my paper but the flow of the paper wouldn't match if I do so therefore I cant. Ballenger says that it is okay if we have to take out things we feel should be there and start all over. What will be even better is if we can rearrange it somehow to make the paper just great. Writing doesn't have to be boring, if your creative enough when you revise your paper you can add a special touch and make it an awesome paper.