Revision Plan

Out of the three papers I have written thus far this Conventions of a Genre composition definitely needs the most work.  The first thing that needs to be fixed is the introduction.  I display a clear purpose through the paper about how punk rock is more than meets the eye, but my purpose I write in my introduction does not match up.  The thesis is present in the body, but not in the introduction and conclusion.  Also the conclusion itself is only about two sentences, which should be beefed up and made more effective.  The first step in revision of this paper will be editing the introduction so that the purpose connects to the body of the text and the conclusion, and making the conclusion longer and more effective at closing out my ideas.

Along with that, there’s also the issue that I have brought up multiple times now about the amount of historical and background information I give in the topic.  I tend to do this a lot in my papers, and as you read through you can see that even though I cut out huge sections of information, there is still too much.  For much of the paper it sounds more like a historical analysis paper than a guide to writing in a genre.  I could have spent more time talking more about the actual conventions of the genre than all of the background.  The next main step in the revision of this composition will be to replace some more of the background information with convention analysis.