1. Which of Elbow’s approaches to revision—criterion-based or reader-based—seem most useful to you in your writing? Why? What does this preference suggest to you about your writing process?
2. How do you think your writing process has been influenced/changed by asking Elbow’s questions of your text?
3. Imagine you are the reader for your own writing. Ask yourself some of Elbow’s questions. Discuss what you learn from workshopping your own writing.

I'm not sure why but I lost everything I had just written about this! But! Hello everyone! Let's answer some questions in this weeks blog post.

I think for me personally, criterion based is primarily what has been the most benificial. Reader based can be equally as important although - and I will say this, when I started really reading my papers outloud, or when I would read them over the phone to my mom, as soon as some sentences would leave my mouth, I knew they didn't make sense. Funny enough, some sentences I couldn't even read back to myself outloud because they were just worded so funny. Something I didn't pick up on intially writing alone. However, my anxiety really lies in criteria. I hate not knowing what I'm supposed to be doing, or what each professor is specifically looking for. I prefer when I recieved feedback on what my paper is lacking and why, and I love being able to see rubrics and sample papers before starting. For me, at the end of the day, I think that is the most important. You can write a sound paper grammatically, and still completely miss the mark.

I don't nessecarily think it was influenced in any way by reading Elbows text - but let me add this - it's not because Elbows text isn't useful. It's because I've been working on my writing skills for the past year already; so nothing came as a surprise to me. I had a professor a few semesters back critique my papers really harsh, and he actually got me using the Write Site (which I speak very highly of). That was such a game changer for me, and really helped me to realize my areas of significant weakness.

I actually enjoy the process of workshopping my own writing. I'm continually trying to become a better writer, and I actually appreciate when people give me honest feedback. I know its with the best intentions, and I don't feel any type of way receiving honest feedback. I try to take the same approach with myself, but tend to overthink it at times. Which is what makes peer reviewing so benificial for me.