Rewriting

Rewriting

Rewriting literally means to write again, to check formats, placements, facts and figures.
Editing is the correction of news stories by checking its grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. but sometimes the errors are so serious that it requires rewriting.

Rewriting is done because the news story has serious flaws in format, organisation or accuracy.
Some times a news is filled errors even after editing, so it needs to be written again.This process is called Rewriting.

Purpose of Rewriting

• Clarity
• Readability
• Uniformity

Needs of rewriting 

• Bad written Copy
• Poorly organised story
• Long story
• Unprofessional copy
• Out of date copy   

Why do we re write ?

• To condense report more effectively.
• To link several reports on a same subject.
• To improve the language.