Drafting?

Honestly, who has the time? I'm not saying that I don't edit, I most certainly do. But I typically do not save my work as separate 'drafts.' Instead, I choose to write a 'draft' two days or so before an assignment must be completed. Then, the day before d-day (due day), I go back, skim through, and fix what ought to be or not be. How? I read it out loud. It's the simplest method for correcting unnatural-sounding sentences. If they don't sound right when you say them, they probably won't sound right when someone else reads them. Tiny errors such as spelling or extra spaces are typically corrected by Spell Check (although, I don't honestly find the thing to be completely reliable...). Other things like sentence structure and fluidity are left up to the writer, as they should be, in my humble opinion. In instances of extreme late-ness (not a word, but still fun to say/write), I hand write. For example, if the day before a paper is due falls, I will hand write a paper. This, sadly, is a very common trend because, unfortunately, I forget A LOT of papers until the day before they're due. I find hand-writing tedious. It's a way to punish myself.

I do have experience with peer review. In fact, my high school AP Literature class included a peer review for every essay that we wrote. While I have never been on Blogger, I most certainly have had my papers reviewed by others. I rather like peer review. It allows for you to see things that your eyes might be trained not to see (subconsciously, of course) It helps one to understand if their paper makes sense, or if it's full of childish nothings, which it could possibly be. My only qualm with peer review is that it is also entirely possible that the person who is looking over your paper either A: doesn't care so doesn't try or B: doesn't know the first thing about reviewing ANYTHING let alone a fully developed piece of work. The latter irks me to no end.