Insofar as reading is a journey for a target audience (in the context of writing-to-others),

• revisions are changes the writer makes to the original journey (in the context of a particular instance of writing).

Because revisions are changes (the writer makes) to a journey,

• revising focuses on modifying the path of meaning making (the writer wants the target audience follow), not on clearing small debris from that path.

Note: It is copy editing (not revising) which focuses on clearing the small debris from the path (the writer wants the target audience to follow).

The Benefit of Revising

There is only one benefit to revising,

• overcoming the Execution Challenge (which is located at The Bridge of Execution).