{"id":629,"date":"2018-08-13T15:31:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T15:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-readinganthology\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=629"},"modified":"2019-01-11T19:13:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T19:13:04","slug":"revising-stage-1-seeing-the-big-picture","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-readinganthology\/chapter\/revising-stage-1-seeing-the-big-picture\/","title":{"raw":"Revising Stage 1: Seeing the Big Picture","rendered":"Revising Stage 1: Seeing the Big Picture"},"content":{"raw":"<strong>Revising Stage 1: Seeing the Big Picture<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2934\/2018\/08\/13163107\/big.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-665 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2934\/2018\/08\/13163107\/big-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nWhen you first begin your revision process, you should focus on the big picture or issues at the essay level that might need to be addressed. 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