Week 8 Comments and Feedback
The comments and feedback I have been receiving from other students in the class have been overall positive. Sometimes I get vibes from some people's comments like they are not sure what to say and are trying to wing it. That is totally fine, though, for I tend to be and feel that way sometimes as well. Especially when there are more than a couple of comments on a post, some comments feel repetitive. This can be helpful, however, like when working on the class project. If several people are mentioning the same thing, then there is an obvious problem with a higher priority to address. I think I have only once gotten conflicting advice when it came to suggestions for the writing in my storybook, where one person said to try to increase paragraph size and another said they were already a good size.
I feel like I am getting better at commenting and giving feedback, but I still do not feel like my comments are of the best quality. I admit there are times when I am not sure what to say about someone else's post and feel awkward saying what I do. When it comes to feedback, I try to avoid repeating a critique or suggestion that someone else already made. While the repetition can make a red flag in the writing more obvious to the writer, I can understand that it could get annoying when several people keep telling you the same thing over and over again. I question whether to mention a specific place where there is an issue, like one specific place where there is a missing comma or misspelled word. I feel like that may be helpful since you may not always be able to notice something that small. At the same time, doing that almost feels a little too nit picky.
I can feel like I am getting to know the people in this class by connecting with them at their blogs. I can see reflections of them in the stories they write, like inspiration from their hobbies or aspiring majors or professions, which makes seeing what everyone comes up with all the more interesting.
Looking forward, I think mentioning specific places for myself and to others where there is a problem in a story might be a helpful thing to try to do in the future. While it could seem obnoxious, sometimes pointing out a specific place can speed up the revision process and have one less mistake or fix that could be missed.
The image below goes along with what I mentioned quite a few times earlier: repetition in what people are saying can show that there is a red flag in your writing that really needs to be addressed. Or I suppose on the complementing side, it can also show that there is something that you are doing right, and people are noticing.
I feel like I am getting better at commenting and giving feedback, but I still do not feel like my comments are of the best quality. I admit there are times when I am not sure what to say about someone else's post and feel awkward saying what I do. When it comes to feedback, I try to avoid repeating a critique or suggestion that someone else already made. While the repetition can make a red flag in the writing more obvious to the writer, I can understand that it could get annoying when several people keep telling you the same thing over and over again. I question whether to mention a specific place where there is an issue, like one specific place where there is a missing comma or misspelled word. I feel like that may be helpful since you may not always be able to notice something that small. At the same time, doing that almost feels a little too nit picky.
I can feel like I am getting to know the people in this class by connecting with them at their blogs. I can see reflections of them in the stories they write, like inspiration from their hobbies or aspiring majors or professions, which makes seeing what everyone comes up with all the more interesting.
Looking forward, I think mentioning specific places for myself and to others where there is a problem in a story might be a helpful thing to try to do in the future. While it could seem obnoxious, sometimes pointing out a specific place can speed up the revision process and have one less mistake or fix that could be missed.
The image below goes along with what I mentioned quite a few times earlier: repetition in what people are saying can show that there is a red flag in your writing that really needs to be addressed. Or I suppose on the complementing side, it can also show that there is something that you are doing right, and people are noticing.
Feedback Cat: "Look for patterns in the feedback"
Web Source: Laura Gibbs
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