Creative Writing

Revision checklist

Re-read your work carefully looking for things to fix. 

Can you read it out aloud without making mistakes? (Does it sound right?)

What else does your reader need to know?

 Is your writing in a logical and effective order? (follow a sequence not twisting and turning)

Are there unnecessary bits of information?

Can you change the words to improve the meaning?

Is it clear what the meaning behind your writing is?(use more active verbs, use more specific nouns eg southern motorway rather than road, Kauri tree rather than tree)

Have you used interesting and descriptive words? (e.g. the dog or the yapping shaggy hearthrug poodle.)

Have you used a variety of verbs? (something other than said, or ran)

Have you used descriptive/ picture words? (the river or the small winding river.)

Does your work create a vivid picture in the reader's mind?

Go back to your work. Play around with the words. Revise, add, delete and then re-read again and again until it says what you want it to. 

Name__________________________________ 

Partner's name__________________________ 

Date______________________________

Writer's 
Checklist	Editing Checklist	Partner's 
Checklist	
 	Did I spell all words correctly?	 	
 	Have I used capital letters:
    beginning of a sentence?	 	
 	    proper nouns [names]?	 	
 	Have I:
    used full stops?	 	
 	    used commas?	 	
 	    used question marks?	 	
 	    used exclamation marks?	 	
 	    used the right tenses, eg. did/done? 	 	
 	Does it make sense?	 	
 	Is it interesting? 	 	
 	Does it sound correct when I read it out aloud? 	 	

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