Reflections on Open Letter Draft

In this post, I will reflect on the peer editing I received on my open letter draft.

Rostad, Bernt. "Reed Flute Cave-Reflecting Pool." 07/19/2009 via Flickr. Attribution 2.0 Generic License. 

For the peer review, I reviewed Michael and Mira's drafts.

1. Did you demonstrate an ability to think about your writing and yourself as a writer?

• I do feel that I demonstrated an ability to think about my writing, and myself as a writer. I feel that I've expanded my types-of-writing palette, as we wrote in genres I had never heard about before, so I got to explore new areas. My writing progressed, as well, because of all the process work that is required. I had never actually planned out my writing before, it usually stayed as a write-as-you-go draft. 

2. Did you provide analysis of your experiences, writing assignments, or concepts you've learned?

• I think I did, as I mentioned the many genres I had never written in before, and how much of the process work was completely new to me. I sufficiently explained how I've grown throughout the semester and that semi-served as an analysis. 

3. Did your provide concrete examples from your own writing?

• I did provide concrete examples from my own writing. I referenced a few of my blog posts, and explained how I've changed from the beginning of the year to now. I might add a lot of quotations from my own past work and final projects to help support some of the things I talk about.

4. Did you explain why you made certain choices and whether those choices were effective?

• I did, and I can use my past explanations in blog posts to help build the argument behind my claims. I can touch a bit more on their effectiveness, though. The last project was definitely most difficult, not only to explain, but to achieve successfully. 

5. Did you use specific terms and concepts related to writing and the writing process?

• I did use specific writing terms, and 'revision' was one of the most used because not only was it new to me, but it required the most work. I don't think I've ever put so much work into something.