final blog

I would like to say that this unit helped me to become a better writer, but that is not the case. This unit helped me to become a better editor; of my own writings and others. In my past experience with peer editing I was complacent and lazy. I didn’t want to read other’s writings, much less critique them. Because this was my mindset, I would write “good” and make a few grammatical changes that didn’t help. Some days I would feel like a superior writer and tell them to make drastic changes because their essay was “bad.” The big takeaway from this unit is that I now feel I can give tips and analyze effectively. I look at the content more than the grammar, and remind myself that I am not here to tear their writing apart. With that said, I think I did a good job on my article. I’m very proud of it, and I got a lot of great feedback from the peer-review session. My conclusion was hard to write because I didn’t want to be redundant or biased. To prevent that, I kept it short and sweet. I was worried that writing the article would be tough, but once I got started I had all these ideas. Previous to this class I was unsure as how to conduct an interview, but the day we went over questions to ask really helped me. I started by asking a few questions, and then asked if they had anything they wanted to say and then the information started flowing. Once that happened, I was less nervous and the interview was less stiff.