Journal #4
For me, drafting writing projects has always been my least favorite thing about the writing process. Even though revision is incredibly important for my writing, it feels redundant and boring. When I write an essay or paper, I generally create an outline of points I want to touch on and elaborate and then I just write a simple version of what I want and then I will go back and keep adding onto my points and building the essay up from there. Personally, I make better points throughout my essay and my writing process goes smoother when I jump around the essay to add points in other than only focusing on the introduction or one of the body paragraphs until they are finished. I didn’t do many peer reviews in high school or college so far but, my experience with peer review is having a partner read my paper while I read theirs and our teacher provides a grading rubric with different expectations so then we can rate how well our partner achieved that expectation. This was my favorite way I’ve done a peer review because it is sometimes difficult to judge someone else’s work but the rubric guides us to look for exactly what the person may be missing or what they executed well. Peer reviews are really helpful and useful when finalizing my essay as long as they are executed well. I can read through their ratings of my work and then I am able to fix my weak points throughout my writing project. Peer review with someone I am comfortable with is my preference because, if possible, I enjoy making my writing projects personal to my life. Writing projects that I can make personal are my favorite because it makes the prompt enjoyable to write and it makes the essay more meaningful to me.