rewriting
Drafting again, improved
Rewriting is the process of writing something again, typically to improve, correct, or substantially change it.
A first draft gets rewritten into a second.
History gets rewritten by those in power.
The editor asked her to rewrite the ending.
To rewrite is also to alter how something is understood: That discovery rewrites everything we thought we knew about the disease.
Original text before publication
- draftPreliminary version of text
- redraftCompose again differently
- outlineSummary of key elements
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
version · revision · revising · edit · proofread · copyedit · amend · correct
Remove impurities from
improve · clarify · elevate · perfect · tweak · emend · sharpen · streamline
Restatement in new words
- rephraseExpress differently
- rewordChange the phrasing
- translationConverting between languages
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
hermeneutics · gloss · reading · perspective · rendering · reformulation · recasting · simplification
Arrange again differently
- restructureRearrange fundamental organization
- reshuffleRearrange elements anew
- rearrangeAlter the sequence
- reorderArrange again or replenish
reframe · reconceptualize · reshape · overhaul · rework · outline · structure · flow
Film's written blueprint
- scriptWritten words for performance
- novelizationAdapting films into books
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
abridgment · translation · remake · retelling · reimagining · source material · faithful · liberties
manuscript
Original text before publication
drafting · version · revision · revising · edit · proofread · copyedit · amend · correct · modify
refine
Remove impurities from
enhance · improve · clarify · elevate · perfect · tweak · emend · sharpen · streamline · smooth
paraphrase
Restatement in new words
- rephraseExpress differently
- rewordChange the phrasing
- translationConverting between languages
exegesis · hermeneutics · gloss · reading · perspective · rendering · reformulation · recasting · simplification · modernization
reorganize
Arrange again differently
- restructureRearrange fundamental organization
- reshuffleRearrange elements anew
- rearrangeAlter the sequence
reorder · reframe · reconceptualize · reshape · overhaul · rework · outline · structure · flow · pacing
screenplay
Film's written blueprint
- scriptWritten words for performance
- novelizationAdapting films into books
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
dramatization · abridgment · translation · remake · retelling · reimagining · source material · faithful · liberties · rights
- revisiting actionsretrying, redoing, reviewing, rereading, rewatching
- adaptation termsediting, condensing, expanding, abridgment, dramatization
- writingdrafting, authors, author, books, authoring
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- Editing Tasksproofreading, proofread, spellcheck, revise, edit
- simplificationsimplification, simplifying, simplify, condensing, simplified
rewritingoriginal composition
Freshly created artistic piece
first draft · drafting · composing · starting fresh · transcribing
rewritingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
maintaining · retaining · leaving alone · keeping · conserving
rewritingfirst draft
Earliest written version
initial draft · drafting · first attempt · rough draft · original composition
write, writer, writing, written, rewrite, unwritten, rewritten, rewrote, rewrites