Peer Editing & Academic Essays
In class today, we were taught the importance of peer editing, as well as a few other things about academic writings. First of all, Mr.Paterson talked to us about the process his piece of writing went under before becoming a part of a book. After having finished writing it, it was first peer edited in August, 2009. The following month, it was revised again by someone from a different area of expertise. On top of that, another person made suggestions in November, 2009, which he accepted 70~80% of. Like this, we must keep in mind that we do not have to change something if we feel that it’s correct and doesn’t need to be fixed. Back to the peer editing process, Mr.Paterson presented his academic essay at a conference in March. Despite the many improvements he’s made in the past several months, the publisher’s team still had more suggestions. According to the teacher himself, he took in about 40% of the suggestions, so over half when you look at the whole picture. He expressed that peer ed...