Q Discussion Question: This includes reflection on the PDF about revision by John Bean Download the PDF about revision by John Bean, so make sure you read it before participating. Revision is hard, sometimes grueling, and often confusing, and the peer review process can be just as daunting. Sharing your work with others makes you feel vulnerable! But peer review and revision are necessary steps of the writing and research process, so we have to set our preconceptions about it all aside to see how this step can best benefit our writing. Answer these questions to begin the process: • How did the revision process for the first paper of this class go? What was frustrating? What was wonderful? • What did you learn about peer review and revision from reading John Bean? • How has this changed your perception of the revision and peer review process? • Does this concept of revision differ from how you’ve thought about it before? If so, how? In your reply to your classmates, you can do any of the following: • Help your classmate better understand Bean’s chapter. • Provide your classmates with strategies that help you make the most of the revision process. • Try to offer answers to their questions and confusions.
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