“For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy Jr.
Much like the scientific process, the literary process is never truly finished. There are always items to improve what you have written, and new ways to do it, new original thoughts to add. That is why revision of a paper is so crucial. I am grateful for a peer review session, helping me to determine what I should be looking for. My goals are to better articulate my ideas, especially in the introduction in a way that makes sense to my reader, and not just me.
In order to achieve this goal, I will first look at my peer’s comments, and see where I was tripping them up with wording. I will pull every sentence out of context, and rewrite it using synonyms until it seems much more clear. If it becomes apparent that issue with the essay stems from the idea itself, and not the way the sentence is worded, I will have to take a more holistic approach to the process, and put the sentence back into context. I will also look at some of the wording that my peers used in their comments, and build off of that
My biggest concern is that I will misinterpret or ignore my peers’ advice, or that I will be fundamentally unable to reconcile what I want to say with what I should say. After all, I wrote what I said intentionally, so it may be hard to remove text that I am fond of.
In order to prevent that, I will try to receive more rounds of feedback from other sources while revising. This can only help me write a better essay.
