Reflection on Open Letter Draft

In this post I will be explaining what I have learned from both the peer review on my draft and my reviews of my classmates' drafts of the Open Letter assignment.

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For this assignment, I peer reviewed Katherine and Thomas' drafts.

Did you demonstrate an ability to think about your writing and yourself as a writer?

• I think that I was able to think about myself as a writer in both in the past and the present, as I talked about how I have improved. However, in my draft I think that I could elaborate more on how my writing itself has changed (other than simply saying that I am able to write in different genres). I could talk about how I  can more easily talk in a personal tone (because of the listicle) instead of a formal one. 

Did you provide analysis of your experiences, writing assignments, or concepts you have learned? 

• Somewhat. I definitely talked about what I have learned about the concept of a "genre", but not much else. I also talked about what I have experienced in both this class and through the assignments, but I don't think I really analyzed what they taught me or how they helped me improved- and if I did, it was superficial. 

Did you provide concrete examples from your own writing?

• Not as much as I probably need. I did provide hyperlinks and referenced some of my first blog posts through quotes, but with the more important later assignments I only provided hyperlinks. I think that adding a very specific example of how my tone has changed (like within the listicle) could help my analysis to become stronger. 

Did you explain why you made certain choices and whether those choices were effective?

• While this is something that I will probably end up revising later on, I think that I did explain my decisions properly, for both the effective and non-effective ones. Especially with when it comes to my time management.

Did you use specific terms and concepts related to writing and the writing process?

• Yes! Especially when I was discussing what a genre means to me after this course. I discussed conventions and the concepts of said conventions pretty well. I also talked about different examples of genres that we have written in throughout the semester. However, in regards to terms I think that I could add more in my current draft.