Revising, Editing and Polishing

Dear Mrs. Szymanski,

Here is my revision. Am I close to being done now?

Mom's Lost Necklace

"Oh no! It's gone!" My mom was getting ready for church when she discovered that her cross necklace was missing.

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Joshua,

Wow! Your story is wonderful. Yes! You are almost finished! There are just a few little things to help you finish up.

When you write your story amd then do second or even a third draft you are usually rewriting. Next, you edit. That is when you go through and pick sentences or scenes you want to change a little. Now you are in the last stage, polishing. To polish your story, you only fix a few little things, and I could only find a few in this story.

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