ing to sabotage me or he was incompetent, but I knew I had to do something.
My instinct was to attack—read my first draft.
“The Empathy Index saved me from making the situation worse
by forcing me to keep my focus on what was important. Rather than
berate Jim, a pointless exercise, it made more sense for me to maintain
a calm tone.”
As you’ll see in the upcoming chapters, there are lots of approaches to
revising first drafts. We’ve seen that there are several ways to write
well. You’ll see that there are several ways to revise well, too. Here is
Paula’s revision: