Reflection on Open Letter Draft

In this post I will reflect on the my draft based on the peer revision process by answering some questions from A Student's Guide page 253.

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For the peer revision portion of this project I analyzed the drafts written by Lauren and Rachel.

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

• Yes, I definitely think that I demonstrated an ability to critically think about my writing within my draft. I feel like I effectively analyzed how I have changed from a heavy planner and procrastinator to someone who gets my assignments done promptly and acknowledges every step of the writing process. I also brought up the fact that I am now more comfortable writing in genres I have never really been exposed to or been required to write within in the past. 

2. Did you provide analysis of your experiences, writing assignments, or concepts you've learned?

• I feel that my letter, although it mentions and summarizes many of the experiences, assignments, and concepts I have encountered in this course, I don't think that I have analyzed them enough. When I go back to revise my letter, I think that I will pay extra attention to talking about the effects of the many new experiences that this course enabled me to have.

3. Did your provide concrete examples from your own writing?

• I provided many hyperlinks within my letter to previous blog posts, major projects, and deadline instructions, however I definitely need to go back and directly quote from these sources to make my examples more concrete. Direct quotes would also help to prove how far I have come as a writer because of 109H.

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

• I think that one decision that I could discuss in more detail was my decision in making moms my target audience for Project 3. I already mentioned in my draft that I was proud that I was able to write in a new genre and direct my writing at a specific audience, however I feel that going into more detail about how mothers were the perfect audience for my argument regarding legalization would really prove the thought that this class has made me put into my writing decisions and why these specific choices make my writing more effective. 

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

• I did indeed mention the importance of identifying the conventions of a specific genre before one starts writing. The term convention was an important one throughout this course, however I feel as though I can go into a little more detail about how crucial they are to effective writing. I also briefly mentioned the QRG which was another pivotal term to this course, but I think that I can explain more about how it was so different from any other assignment I had in the past.

Draft of Open Letter

This post will contain a link to the rough draft of my open letter and specific things I want my peers to look out for when reading my piece.

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 Click here to access the rough draft of my open letter.

Dear Peers,
Thanks in advance for taking the time to read the draft of my open letter. I want to make sure that I have covered enough topics in my letter, and seem to be following the correct conventions of a semi-formal letter. So if you could look out for these concerns of mine, in addition to other generic/grammatical changes that would be great.
Thanks!!