One of the most important parts of the recursive writing process is peer editing. Not only receiving constructive criticism, but also giving it. Everyone in the class is in the same boat writing on the same topic. Some of the best critiques come from peers and lead to great papers. In class we did 2 different versions of peer editing. The first one was we were in peer groups and three people edited one person’s draft and shared their critiques with them. The second method was sharing our paper with one person over google docs and they wrote comments on google docs. I think that The first method was more effective just because you got a variety of comments from multiple people, and I believe that the more people looking at your paper the better it is. The first paper I wrote wasn’t the best at editing paper’s. Even Though Professor Spain provided us with a helpful paper on how to peer edit I was cautious about what I said because I didn’t wanna upset anyone or hurt their feelings. In our second round of peer editing with paper 2 I believe I did a lot better and showed tremendous improvement. Looking at the comments I made in the photos below, I didn’t focus on the local error (which is spelling and grammar). Instead I focused on the global errors like how to improve the piece. In this one I showed that I wasn’t afraid to put my thought in on how Anne could have improved on her paper. Like adding more detail in her anecdote or cleaning up a sentence so it makes more sense.  Just looking at this paper I’ve shown that I’ve improved at giving people critiques that will improve their writing.