When you’re writing about a certain topic, you have to do your research or your review related literature to come up with a piece that will be supported and backed by facts and studies. This method will take you time as you work to make your writing substantive, and an excellent read.
With rewriting, all this is unnecessary. There is no need to conduct research at all. That’s why rewriting content versus composing an original piece are worlds apart in terms of the amount of study involved.
Rewrites require no original research
When you’re doing a rewrite, all the information that you will ever need is available in your source. Nothing more, nothing less. You don’t need to get out of the source content to add or modify your rewrite. Your goal is to take what you have and give it a new spin.
Rewrites seek to improve on original sources by fixing errors
As you read through the original content, take note of errors in grammar typing, even the organizational structure. You will have to correct them in your rewrite to make your output superior over the original. Remember that the point of rewriting content is to make things significantly better.
Rewrites benefit from comparisons with original sources
As you evaluate what kind of material you’re working with, and the areas for improvement, begin drafting your rewrite armed with this information. Because you aim to produce a rewrite that will be outstanding in every way compared to the source, you must take steps to ensure that your output has enhanced readability and is free of all types of errors.
The best way to go about it is to examine the general structure of the source and see if you can improve the flow of thought by making some changes. You can apply these adjustments in your rewrite if you feel that readability will be better if you do. This is the part where you put your writing skills to use.
High quality rewrites improve on original sources through better word choice
Rewriting is not merely paraphrasing word for word, but producing material that will be exceptional, and an excellent read for any individual. To avoid getting carried away by your rewriting, determine the total word count of your source, and work around this figure as you draft your own material.
If you have included all information from the source into your rewrite, then your output should be around the same word count and nothing substantially more or less. Also, if you feel that there’s something that needs to be verified in the source, feel free to look outside the content and check.
But there should be no need for additional information to the existing material. Most sources are already published content. So they went through editing and proofreading like all the others.
The introduction and conclusion are parts of the rewrite where you somehow have more freedom to express your writing, since they are not the main body of the text, and may be unique to you as the author. Use these segments to speak to your readers and engage with them.
Concise and compact rewrites can make for better reading
Keep your rewrites short and concise, and give your audience the reason why they should read your material and what they should do with what they’ve learned. Call them to action by your final words. As much as possible, stay true to the writing style of the original author.
Most online content that needs to be rewritten, cater to a specific niche or target audience and the style of writing has to speak to them in a particular way. At the end of your rewriting task, proofread your output to make sure that it is superior to the original in all aspects. Make sure to proofread dictated rewrites more thoroughly.
As you turned all the information present in the source to something that will be more pleasant for the readers to dig through.
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