Comments from Peer Review

I learned a lot from what my peer editor gave me for advice.  It is hard to edit your own papers in certain areas of the rubric because I personally know the whole story, I know what I want the reader to get so when I read my own paper I have a bias because I think oh I learned this from my experience because of this event.  I might understand but my peer editor showed me that sometimes it is hard for a total outsider to understand what the theme or point of the story is.  I also know that I need to work more on my transitions between paragraphs to make the story flow better, leaving no room for the reader to have to make leaps to comprehend my story.  I also benefited from my editors comment that I should use a better choice of words, to open up my vocabulary to let the reader feel more emotion by using certain words, also to make the story more interesting and exciting to read, you never know you might teach someone a new word.  All together I really like the peer review process and I think it really helped me develop my paper better.