Narrative Writing: Revising and Editing

Front

Revise: The forest was very beautiful.

Back

Redwoods stretched from the dense, green foliage into the blue sky.

Front

Revise: She thought the roller coaster was intense.

Back

The wind swept her hair and her eyes teared as she hurled towards the loop.

Front

Revise: He gave his orders to the men.

Back

"Mortars! Incoming! Get down! Get to cover!"

Front

Revise: He was so angry.

Back

His brow furrowed, veins popped. He slammed his fist on the table.

Front

Edit: "I want pizza," she says.

Back

"I want pizza," she said.

Front

Edit: "The storm is approaching" he whispered.

Back

"The storm is approaching," he whispered.

Front

Edit: She turns the wheel hard.

Back

She turned the wheel hard.

Front

Typeface for characters' thoughts?

Back

Italics

Front

Punctuation mark for dialogue?

Back

"Quotation Marks"

Front

Punctuation mark at end of dialogue before quotation?

Back

Commas,