Before reading Richard Straub’s essay about how to respond and correctly help critic someone else’s paper, I always thought it was a waste of time to revise. After reading what Straub had to say, my opinion towards revising has done a complete one eighty and I feel it is especially use full. Revising a friend’s work not only benefits me, but it also benefits them as well. While I revise someone else’s work, it could help me with my weaknesses and I may realize that my work isn’t really as clear as I would like it to sound. For the first workshop, I would keep in mind that it would be my peers’ first draft and to see what they are aiming at and if I feel the same connection they are. I wouldn’t say anything critical, but I would tell them what I like and don’t like and maybe it would help them see what others might see. The essay has made me see how revising is truly beneficial both ways, so now I am eager to revise someone’s paper and I would be happy to receive criticism and advice from my peers.
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