How have your experiences with revision changed the way you view your own writing and style?

All the revisions I have done for my classmate’s papers have helped me improved my writing style. Usually every assignment that I get has specific instructions and I would evaluate the paper by using the sheet called “AFOSP Strategies for Peer-Editing a Paper.” I often looked at this strategy for guidance, because it helped me improve my revision process and how I can give my classmates better feedback for their papers. For example, I would read along the questions from the AFOSP and I would suggest detail information to improve their paper and how it can be done. It would be best that I would focus on the topic or assignment and to decide whether the paper has a good thesis or purpose. Revision is very helpful, because I have learned different strategies in writing and I also get feedback from my peers when they look at my papers. I realize that some of the mistakes that they made were also on my paper, so I fix these mistakes on my papers.

AFOSP introduces oragainzation on how the paper should have an introduction, body, and conclusion. I learned many ways to indicate a good introduction and how the body paragraphs should be settled in their papers. Specifically, I would focus more on their topic and explain that their paragraphs need to have a transition and how it flows into their topic. One problem that I always recognize in a person’s paper is repetition, because people love using the same words over and over again. Sometimes ideas are repeated and I clearly state in their papers that other words should be suggested instead of using the same word like twenty times.

Support and proofreading are also on the AFOSP; this helps me by reading the questions and how I can relate it to the paper that I am revising. Another example could be the sources that they use in their paper and how it can be properly cited. Sources should be relevant to the paper, however, quotes and paraphrasing ideas should have citations. I often check grammatical and spelling errors, and it happens to everyone, but I like to spell words correctly so that the paper is properly free of errors. When I revise papers, I always think of AFOSP, because it is a great strategy that helped improve my revision process and it changed my writing style when I write a paper. I thank Deome for creating this guide and I will use it for sure in my up coming papers throughout my college career.