january 31

This week after writing our papers we had one-on-one conferences which was a lot different then what I would have normally done when I am writing my paper. My normal revision process is to write my paper then spell check it and read it once more. I know its not really a revision process. If I am with someone else I will have them read it over and give me some ideas. then i will read it over one more time, move things around if you need to and spellcheck again.
Going into the conference I wasn't really sure what to expect. I thought maybe i would go in and the teacher would tell me what to change and what to move. But the conference was nothing like that. We had to think of questions to ask.We had to control the conferences and talk about what we thought we did wrong and then the teacher would give us ideas on how to fix it. I think this helped a lot. I learned a lot more and thought more about the actually revision process instead of just trying to make it perfect.
I think this was more beneficial then doing it myself because I actually look at my problems and found ways to fix them and thought more about how to fix them and what the problem actually was. I learned a lot about how I write and ways to fix the problems I do but didn't realize in till the revision with the teacher. Having outside help affects the end product a lot because you get someone else's view on what you wrote. You can have different opinions then the reader when they read it. so its good to know outsiders points of views when you write. You always try to make a point so its good to have outside help to see if you got your point across.