Snow?

Snow in spring is disheartening. We've sloshed through snow for three or four months now, haven’t we had enough?

Trying to take what's in your brain and put it on paper so that others can understand what you're thinking can be very difficult. The revising process can seem like a never ending winter, but revising will help your paper considerably. Not many people can learn how to ride a bike on the first try, the same applies to writing. Not many people can write a perfect paper the first time they sit down at the computer. But over time, your skills improve, you learn how to organize your thoughts in a comprehensive way, and it becomes easier to recognize your audience's needs.

Next time you write a paper, set a goal to finish it one week early. Finishing the paper means you have done all the research, established all the points you want to make, and have an attempted organization. Then take the remaining week that you have and revise the paper.

Have a friend read the paper out loud to you, this will help you discover areas for improvement.

Try to map out the organization of your paper in outline style to see if it makes logical sense.

Compare old drafts of your paper to the newly revised and see if you have improved.

These tips will hopefully make the revising efforts you put into your paper be worth it.