Revision workflow
Revision Rounds That Work: A Creator Feedback and Approval Workflow
Define drafts, consolidated feedback, approval checkpoints, and scope changes so revisions improve the work without becoming an open-ended promise.
“Two revisions” counts poorly because a revision can mean a typo, a new concept, five stakeholder emails, or a reshoot. A reliable workflow names the artifact under review, one feedback owner, the review window, and the boundary between correction and changed scope.
Approval map
| Checkpoint | Decision being approved | Expensive change prevented |
|---|---|---|
| Concept | Angle, audience, required message | Producing the wrong idea |
| Script or shot plan | Claims, sequence, mandatory shots | Reshoot caused by late messaging |
| Rough cut | Pacing, selected takes, required information | Polishing an unapproved structure |
| Final | Agreed corrections and delivery files | Untracked last-minute variants |
Define one round
One round is one consolidated response from the named buyer contact against the current submitted version. Feedback arriving in three channels is not automatically three rounds, but it must be consolidated before work resumes. Contradictory stakeholder notes return to the buyer for resolution.
Classify each request
- Correction: restores the approved brief, such as fixing a typo or supplied fact.
- Refinement: adjusts pacing or selection within the approved direction and available material.
- Changed scope: adds a concept, claim, location, deliverable, hook, format, reshoot, or reverses an approval.
Changed scope receives a written impact note covering fee, timing, and affected approvals. It is not hidden inside a remaining round.
Feedback message template
Please send one consolidated, time-coded response through the named project contact by Thursday at 3 p.m. This round covers corrections against the approved script and rough cut. New claims, concepts, reshoots, or deliverable versions will receive a change note before work continues.
Close the loop
Final approval should name the approved filenames, publication responsibility, delivery method, and unresolved license start date. Store the approval beside the brief, quote, and version history.
Example version log
Keep a short log beside the files: V1 submitted Monday for rough-cut review; consolidated notes received Wednesday; V2 submitted Thursday with time-coded corrections; V2 approved Friday; captioned and clean exports delivered under their final filenames. If a new hook is requested after approval, add a change-note entry rather than silently calling the approved file unfinished. The log does not need project-management software. Its value is that both parties can reconstruct which decision created each version.
Source and verification note
The approval map and request classification are original Ratefolio workflow tools. Adjust review windows and contractual consequences to the project and jurisdiction.
Put this guide to work
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