Response to Marshel 08 chap 14/15 reading post

I chose to respond to this particular writing because they seemed to get the same main idea from the reading as i did. I guess that is usually the criteria I choose. I sometimes will look for someone who I know that is in a different path career wise to see how they percieve the reading.

But anyway we both seemed to find the same basic principles for editing your own writing. We both discussed how to prevent common mistakes when you are trying to proof read your own writing. The reading it aloud and taking time in between writing and editing. They did not discuss the problem that is sometimes encountered when you try to proof read on the computer and how it is best to print out a copy. This could be because the newer versions of microsoft word have an editing mode that you can turn on. It allows team members to work on a paper together and make recomended changes. It keeps track of the changes made to a draft so that they could all agree before the final change is made. This new feature would be much like haveing a copy to write on, i think that its probably just a personal preference.

Another main idea that we both shared is that aving an extra set of eyes and ears is always best. They can read it them selves or listen to you read it aloud to them. They also brought up something that I did not talk about but think is rather important. If you have a writing piece that is for a particular audience, it would be best to try and find someone in that audience to help you with the draft. They can listen and proof read and give feed back that will directly benefit you so that your writing will better fit the desired audience.