Thlog 7: Wednesday's Wisdom

Although this week was short, I gained an invaluable amount of information from Wednesday's peer editing activity. I love having the opportunity to thoroughly read and comment on other people's papers, because it allows me to see a different take on the same prompt as my paper. Doing so can show me moves or other strategies that the author used that could possibly work well in my paper as well. It also shows me things that the other author might have done well that I could fix in my own paper. Ultimately, it provides me with tons of new ideas that I could incorporate into my own essay. Another aspect of the peer editing activity that was extremely helpful was having to only write questions as our written feedback on our peers' papers. Having to ask a question forced me to think hard about why something needed to be fixed. That made me think of the bigger picture, and opened my eyes to concepts I needed to work on in my own paper. I was also able to see how other people incorporated sources and quotes in their papers, which is something I was really struggling with in my own paper. The activity gave me fresh ideas and a lot to work on in my paper. We also spent a lot of time discussing ways we can use sources in our papers, which further helped with my issue. I went home that day and found a few more quotes that I was able to utilize in my paper. All of the things we discussed in class on Wednesday made me reflect on my paper and show me many ways I can edit it.