So I should
probably mention that I was only in one class in the last week considering I
was pretty much unable to get out of bed on Monday due to sickness, so for
todays blog I am going to discuss the editing process in association with creative
writing project 3.
First thing
I should mention, I find it difficult to edit other peoples papers. Of course,
the day I was peer reviewing other people’s assignments in this class was the
same day I had been peer reviewing other peoples assignments in my two classes
before this class. So by this time, I was kind of peer reviewed out, luckily I
broke out my second wind and kept on trucking.
I find it
difficult to peer review for several reasons, number one being I’m not sure how
to be a complete jerk when I find someone has an assignment that needs a lot of
changes. Another issue is when I’m reading something that I just purely don’t
know how to edit like poetry, where what I read sounds good but is something
I’m purely not skilled at in giving advice in. Finally, I find it awkward as
well to give praise, as I feel like the author of any work really shouldn’t
want any praise, as praise doesn’t do anyone any good.
This being
said I also find it awkward to get peer reviewed, purely because I worry when
the person who peer reviews my paper doesn’t notice the giant problem that I
noticed the second time reading it. This being said, it is useful to be peer
reviewed, it just gets hard for me after a while.
The peer
review process is overall a positive one, it is very useful to have your papers
read, and other people can give you an insight that you probably can’t figure
out for yourself. I do like having my stuff read, and I have a general curiosity
for what is going on with the rest of the class, so these definitely link in
with the positive aspects of this process. Hopefully everything turned out well
with the peer review process on my postcard story as I’m going to turn it in
tomorrow.
