Blog #15: Revision Strategy.I would like you to take some minutes and reflect on your peer review experience. Return to your peer’s notes. Flip through your own. Now is the time to develop a strategy.Your strategy is the plan of action you will take to achieve your overall aim (Dictionary.com).Your strategy should include:

  1. Your goal (or goals), articulated in your own words
  2. The steps you plan to take to achieve this goal (in order of priority)
  3. What you see as your biggest challenge
  4. And what will you do if a challenge comes up that proves too difficult for you to solve on your own? In other words, what resources do you plan to use?

 

I found today’s peer review quite helpful. Both Stephen and Emma left me helpful edits. As well as my paper was the one we talked about after editing today and I found it helpful to go through the comments left and listen to them further explain their edits. One goal I have as I edit my paper is to add my own voice more clearly. I often times analyzed or stated points of views, whether they were from Armstrong, the video, or Liv’s project, but I did not really address whether or not I agreed with them. In order to achieve this goal I am going to go back and look at definitions of beauty that I used in my paper and expand on them by adding my own thoughts. Another goal is to go back and fix a specific area my peers pointed out as slightly confusing. I am going to reach this goal by clarifying what I am trying to say as well as adding transitions in order allow my ideas to flow better. I plan on doing all of this by printing a copy of my free draft and hand writing on all of the edits on this copy and then writing my own edits in another color on the same copy. Personally, I know I do better with a physical copy of my essay with edits on it as I revise. I do not foresee a big challenge as I edit this paper but if I do come across one I could reach out to my professor or SACS for help.