Reflecting on Peer Review

In class, we have discussed and participated in many different peer reviews; whether it is within our own class or even in different readings that were assigned to us.  My intake on peer review is that I believe it is extremely helpful.  It allows you to see what others think of your paper and how they may perceive a certain topic.  With peer review, it gives you, as the author, to know and evaluate the reader and their own perspective of your paper.  As an author, you may be expressing your opinion/idea to say one thing, and some else interpret it another way then what you intend.  Peer review is the process that helps you to understand what the reader is interpreting and it allows you to make many different changes in order to get your point across.  I don’t have anything negative against peer reviewing.  I believe that it a great way for many people to experience another’s intake on their paper or reading.  Many authors use peer reviewing.  When they write a book, or novel, or even paper, many of them take it to friends, family, and even the publisher in order to make sure there aren’t any grammatical errors and that their paper is fluent and comprehensive.  As a writer, peer review helps me tremendously.  It helps me to understand what the reader is reading’ because they are only reading the words that I wrote.  It helps me to strengthen my paper according to the reader and their insight on the paper.  I would highly recommend peer reviewing to everyone because it betters you as a writer and it is a very helpful resource to have.