Life of Writing

peer reflection

Jeremy reflection

Looking through Jeremy’s works, I consistently see his voice in each of the paper and assignments posted on his blogs. There was always a certain flow in his writing that helped me read his essay and tie main points brought up in his papers. Each of his papers has a story attached to it, which was then clearly brought out in his memoir about having malaria at an early age in his life. His writing have a strong voice incorporated, which allowed a stronger impact on the audience to occur. But throughout the course of the semester, he has been able to use his voice, and turn them into something critical. Reading responses have brought out the critical side of his writing, which allowed him to look closer at the works of Hooks, Elbow, and other readings from this class.

Beatriz reflection

One of the major themes that I see re accruing in Beatriz’s writing is the strong use of personal voice. I can tell she dislikes the idea of writing critically and owns each of her pieces by bringing in dialogue and words that are not seen as “formal” in terms of academics. The way she is able to express herself and her thoughts allowed me to read through each of her pieces in a consistent pace that helped me connect with her writing in a personal sense. I liked the way she was able to challenge each topic that was assigned for the blog, because I have a completely different perspective on the things she discussed. I see writing as being critical, but seeing her side of the story made her writing clever for me.

Mateja reflection

I can see a strong development in Mateja’s writing especially the transition between the draft and the final. Looking back on her first piece of writing from the beginning of the semester, I can see that she was pushing herself, and as well as the reader, to see the point she tries to make in the beginning of her essays. I like how she is able to think critically on each of the assignments on the blogs and how each of them is thought provoking for me. Each of the papers had a story of herself, but I thought that the memoir assignment was really able to let the reader see past the writer that she is and look inside her personal life. I have learned that she tries to stick to the topic and avoids going tangent from the focus of the paper, which has made her essays clear and critical.

Lindsay M.

I thought Lindsay’s style of writing was unique, which made it easy for the reader to understand her strengths and struggles that she has had as a writer. One of the main things I see in her writing is how she’s not afraid to bring out key points in her paper that involves what was going through her head, and the experiences she went through as a writer. I could see the struggle she had with this in her first draft, but after receiving strong feedback from the class, she was able to make her paper stronger, which I think has developed over the course of the semester. Looking at her memoir assignment, Lindsay made strong adjustments that allowed her final paper to bring out the day she failed one of her major papers. I enjoyed having a flow because of the voice she was able to incorporate. I even like how she still managed to use voice in her reading responses.