When first being told about global edits and local edits, I assumed that local edits would be more important because they would affect the reader more. I thought this simply because, who wants to read a paper with improper spelling and poor grammar? I soon realized that I was wrong, both have their strengths and both need to be addressed while revising any paper. While good grammar and spelling is important, it is not worth much if the essay itself doesn’t make sense. With global edits, you could be completely chopping out parts of your essay or moving them around to make it flow better. You can also be adding many paragraphs to what you already have. 

If we can understand the text as a whole, it will not only help us further our understanding the topic that we are writing about but it will also make local edits easier. It allows us to solely focus on one thing, instead of trying to accomplish local and global edits at the same time. As previously stated, you should wait until you are finished with global edits (when all the writing is finished) to continue on fixing minor mistakes. Overall, it is important to realize the greater importance of global edits, but it is also important to not forget that local edits are also important.