Revision is the hardest part of composing a paper for me. I feel like I took the time to look up the material I need, generate ideas, write the paper, and the last thing I want to do before hitting the print button is to actually read it. It is important to do this because if the reader is reading your work and finds many common errors they will begin to distrust you as a valuable source.
Your teacher will appreciate and notice if you have taken the time to go through and finalize all your work before handing it into them. They already have to read tons of essays, so they like it when they do not need to go through and correct every misspelled word or misplaced comma.
If you read your paper straight through and there is a flow to it then you have done a good job, but you are not done. Reading your paper backwards allows you to catch common errors your eyes overlook when reading it normally. Another great way to check for errors is to have someone else read it. It can be hard for you to find your own errors because you would assume you did it right the first time and your eyes will overlook mistakes.
Re-vision is just as important as a crafty title, the material within, the flow of the paper, because if there are many mistakes then the flow will be disrupted for the reader and it really does not take that much time to re-read it compared to actually researching or writing the paper.
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