Writing=Revising?

     We have been taught that writing is revising. Do I agree with that? Can writing be truly perfect? Can you revise something to the point where it's worse than the original? Does revising get rid of raw, initial thoughts, feelings, and opinions?

    These are all questions that I think about when writing. 

    Whenever I am writing something, my method is usually to sit down and just write out the entire thing. I don't think, I just write. The result is an extremely rough draft that I end up going over hundreds of times.

    I like this method because it allows all of my thoughts to come out naturally without room for second guessing. If I know that I'm going to revise it anyway, I write better. I do enjoy having the opportunity to submit drafts and getting feedback. It helps me assure myself that my first draft won't be my last.

    Writing my summary analysis has been a little difficult for me because its hard to revise a summary. If a summary is all stone cold facts, then how can they be fixed? I know format can always be fixed, but is that still considered revision?

    So, do I think that writing is revision? Yes and no. Writing can be revised and revised and revised as many times as you can or want. But the question still stands: at what point is too much? I do enjoy revising because it gives me the opportunity to connect ideas better, or frame my words in another way, or change things to fit the tone. Housekeeping things. Not full paragraphs.     

    Writing is revising to a certain extent. Do you agree with this statement?