Ch. 9 Revising and Remixing Your Work

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I think this chapter really emphasizing on the advantages of peer review. However, I have never been a fan of it. I personally hate when people read my writing. I also never know how to revise other people’s work because I am not sure what kind of feedback they are looking for. In high school, whenever we would peer edit, I would only look for grammatical errors. I think this chapter is especially helpful by the way it gives examples of what questions to ask the people responding to your draft. I also like how it gives the example of Gwen Ganow and her drafting. After every revision, she made a “revision list”. I am going to try to make lists like this after my drafts because it makes a person think about what impact they want to leave on their audience.

After reading this chapter, I think I am going to try to have my papers reread by my peers. However, when I am looking for feedback on my writing, I like to go straight to my professor before the due date since they are the ones grading it.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 27, 2017 at 1:23 PM

    I share the same feelings that I am not comfortable with my peers reading my writing. The chapter, however, made me rethink my view about peer review, and to be more open to allowing others beside my professor to read my work.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 27, 2017 at 6:55 PM

    I also am not a fan of peer review, but after reading this chapter I became more confident in the process because it might turn out to be beneficial, in the end.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 27, 2017 at 11:38 PM

    Haha! I would always do the same when peer editing! It was only because I wasn't always exactly sure what the teacher was looking for so I wouldn't want to give my classmate the wrong advice. At least now, we know that in giving our peers genuine advice (rather than just telling them where they have grammatical errors), we will actually be helping improve their writing more than we think.

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