Rewriting involves rewriting something from another approach or correcting errors.
A rewrite is the result of rewriting , an action that consists of writing again about a topic but now from a different approach . It can also be about writing something again, although with modifications with respect to the original text.
For example: "The editor did not approve my grade, although he gave me time until next Tuesday to submit a rewrite," "I usually put more effort into rewriting than into the original development of a story," "The teacher congratulated me for the rewriting since I managed to solve all the errors that the first composition had .
A person may decide to rewrite a text because they were not satisfied with the first version . This is what usually happens with writers and journalists once they reread what they wrote.
Rewriting in film and TV
In the field of cinema and television, it is common for rewriting to take center stage, since, on many occasions and due to different situations, the need to proceed to rewrite the script of a film or series is established. A process that will be supported by the following pillars:
- If the script is too long, the number of scenes will be reduced. Specifically, it is considered that the usual number is approximately 132.
- As far as possible, we must avoid establishing prologues and epilogues that contribute nothing to the story and are perfectly replaceable.
- You have to look closely at the established subplots because they may be superfluous.
- In the rewriting process, it is also vital to delete scenes that reiterate the same aspect as others, which is why they are completely dispensable.
- It is also vital that you check scene by scene to see if they contribute something important to the plot, are not superfluous and are basic for the story to develop in the appropriate way.
- Dialogues are other aspects that must be ironed out in any rewriting process. Experts in the field establish that they must be understandable, direct and without accessory elements that do not contribute anything.
- It is also necessary to take special care to ensure that each and every element of the script manages to give rhythm to the story and does not cause interest to wane.
A teacher can order a student to rewrite an assignment.
An order or a need
Another possibility is that the rewriting is ordered by someone who is, in some way, in a position of superiority over the writer: an editor , a teacher , etc. In this way, the editor of a magazine can ask a reporter to rewrite an article when considering that it does not comply with the style standards of the medium in question.
A language teacher, for his part, may ask a student to rewrite a composition because it has numerous spelling errors. The student will have to take the text again and, with the help of a dictionary, check that the writing is correct.
Another possibility is that a scientist rewrites a theory in the face of evidence provided by new data that, when the initial theory was postulated, was unknown.