peer edit meeting

    I found that the peer edit exercise really helped me with my paper. I find that it is easy to miss my own mistakes because when I read it often miss them. It was also good to hear the opinions of my paper and some suggestions to make my paper more clear. Some areas where I thought I was clear I found out that others did not. So I took those sections and tried to explain myself more. Also some of my sentences were vague and did not fit so I fixed all of those. For example those who edited my paper did not know what the Amethyst Initiative was and I had to go back and state what it was and what they were about. I also had to rearrange some of my sentences and fix some of my arguments where I thought I argued the point but I actually didn’t. I feel like the meeting went okay but I didn’t edit as much as I should have or in much detail. Now I feel like I have somewhat of an idea of what to look for next time. I also now realize some of the things or methods I should apply when writing my papers. I need to make sure my audience knows what I’m talking about and that my points come across clearly. I really liked the meetings because it gave me a chance to see my paper through the reader’s eyes and allow me to fix my mistakes before handing in a poorly written paper.