![]() He stresses the importance of listening to our words: “not just the words themselves but their layers and origins, their gaps and pauses, the big and small shapes into which they form ideas” (p. He argues that revising involves a process of “not merely re-understanding what you’re writing but also re-understanding, by extension, your relation to a set of ideas that are moving through what you have put down on paper” (p. Germano’s book focuses on revising and re-writing what we have already written, rather than how to write (for more on academic writing, see Germano, 2001). Germano’s writing is reader-friendly, and at under 200 pages, the book is a quick read. He then outlines numerous practical strategies to revise writing and to think about the arguments we develop. ![]() Targeted specifically to ward academic writers, Germano begins by imploring readers to first reflect on what they have, what they know, and what they want to say better (p. For anyone working on a “revise and resubmit”, take heart! Germano’s book provides some inspiration for thinking through what to do during the revision process about how to revise our manuscripts. ![]() ![]() In seven chapters, Germano advises writers on how to think about “revision”-the process by which we all some of us many of us struggle to make our writing clearer and develop stronger arguments. ![]() William Germano’s (2021) book, “On revision: The only writing that counts” is a wonderful addition to an academic writer’s library. ![]()
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