# How Revise changed the way I write papers

A high school student's perspective on how writing is changing

By Jonah Sanabria. Published 2026-10-13. Updated 2026-10-13.

Before I started using Revise, writing papers for school felt less like writing and more like a management job. Whenever I wanted to use AI to review or improve my writing, I was constantly switching between tabs and copying and pasting every time I made an edit. If I wanted help improving the tone of an English paper, I had to copy it into ChatGPT or Claude, read the suggestions, type them out, copy the paper back, and repeat the process. My other option was to let AI rewrite the whole thing and hope it didn’t change something I actually liked. When I did this, I felt more like a task manager than a writer. I’d spend more time writing prompts or copying and pasting than actually sitting down and writing my paper. Every time I had to switch tabs, I’d lose my train of thought and have to re-find where I was when I got back to my document. Not to mention, I also burned through a lot of my usage limits having to repeatedly submit my whole paper to the chat.

Revise changed the way I used AI for writing. Having a personal AI editor in the same place where I was writing made the experience of writing much better and allowed me to focus more on what I was writing rather than trying to manage a chatbot. Whenever I wanted feedback on a wordy paragraph, choppy transition, or weak statement, I could ask right there instead of switching tabs and losing my train of thought. Revise’s suggestions were very insightful and caught things I would have missed on my own, but the biggest difference was that I stayed in control of the final draft. Normally, if there was a specific edit that AI made that I did not like, I’d have to delete it and type in my own, or use another prompt to try to improve it. With Revise, an edit I didn’t love was only one click away from disappearing. Yet another thing I love about Revise is the edit history. I can see exactly how my document has evolved, what edits AI has made, and I have my own timeline for reference.

That has made a big difference in the way I write. Instead of having AI feedback be a whole different process, it is integrated right into the space I write. I can write a rough draft and immediately see how I can improve it without having to break my focus. I also really appreciate the autonomy that Revise gives me. Before, I felt like I had to choose between writing everything myself to protect my voice and giving up some control for the sake of convenience. With Revise, I can get help without giving up ownership of the work. As a student, that balance of speed, efficiency, and autonomy has made Revise a tool I rely on all the time and genuinely enjoy using.