One of the things I took away from this piece is “use whats useful; disregard the rest” Often times, people feel as though whenever their works is being criticized, the writer has to adhere to every reader’s criticism. It is important to realize that what the reader is giving the writer are suggestions. With the peer review, I was soaking in all the critiques. I instantly revised most of the problems that were brought to my attention, but I decided to let go the comments that didn’t present issues to me. For example, hearing that my thesis wasn’t clear in my essay, strikes me as more important issue to fix than eliminating a few background sentences.

What I found interesting is that in the beginning of the piece there was a list that debunked common misconceptions of revision. One of them was that “Revision is drudgery; only the first draft is creative.”  I used to not be particularly fond of revising my work. The strangest thing happened after I got feedback from my peers and professor: I actually enjoyed revising my work. I can’t believe I’m saying that. When I sat down to fix my rough draft, I felt as though a wave of creativity and new ideas just overcame me, and I kept fixing and adding more words.