ABSTRACT
When you dig up your draft after its burial period (p. 74, ‘Burying the draft’) your next job is to revise it. Concentrate first on the structure, as described in this chapter. All the parts, paragraphs, and sentences must be in the right order before you revise the style (Ch. 8)—but make a list of any stylistic problems you notice while examining the structure. Make sure that all the essential points you want to make have been included and any superfluous ones removed. Check that the argument runs logically from beginning to end-from hypothesis to conclusions. Ask yourself again whether you had something worth writing about. Then make sure that you have indeed said what you meant to say.
