Peer Editing Post

I’ve always been a big fan of peer editing! So when I heard we were going to be doing an in class peer edit I was excited! Peer editing allows the writer to get the opinion of the person who is reading their paper. The writer can see if their main point is being brought across to the reader by their reaction and recall of the paper. Along with this the writer has the peer find mistakes that the writer may have accidently cruised over. When reading a document over and over, it is likely that you will begin to read it as you think it is typed as opposed to how it is actually typed. I personally have this problem when revising my papers since I read over them to quickly. Another helpful quality of peer editing is It helps insure the paper is coherent. There is nothing worse than reading a paper that made no sense from the beginning! During class; as my paper was being graded, I learned that I needed to pay more attention to sentence structure and relating back to the thesis. I also needed to improve my place in my paper. What I mean by this is I needed to add more personal information to support the thesis. Without the peer edit I would have turned my paper in and received a poor grade. Looking at the situation in a bigger picture; I will now know what to look out for when completing my next assignment.