Essays on Editing

Learning from Classmates From this class I had the opportunity to meet my classmates as well as them helping me write better papers. Every time we get the chance to peer edit, I sometimes get different types of response on my papers from my classmates. These responses help give me a better idea in how…

rStephanie Ralston Film Aesthetics and Analysis In the film, The Constant Gardener (Meirelles, 2005), the use of editing helps to convey a central theme of uncertainty. Another important theme that arises in the film is justice. Uncertainty progresses into a revealing of truth that leads the protagonist to seek justice. The plot follows a young…

The Team Writing Process: Editing and Proofreading Editing is a very important part of any writing process, and in terms of team writing, collaborative editing means simultaneous work of all team members on editing the document. In other words, collaborative editing means making changes to the writing by all team members using special collaborative editing…

The Planning Strategies of a Publishing Writer” Berkenkotter & Murray Summary Berkenkotter’s research was designed to test the idea that researchers can study writing in a “laboratory” environment (as Perl did, and as Berkenkotter herself did in earlier research) * She studies Murray, a “publishing” writer, in both a lab & a natural setting, &…

For this assignment students will review Confessions of an economic hit man. To develop an analysis of the relevance of this memoir to the study of the politics of development students must draw on and cite concepts and approaches covered in the required texts and in the lectures during the first eight weeks of the…

Comment and Response to Texting and Writing by Michaela Cullington After reading Texting and Writing, by Michaela Cullington, I do not agree with many of her viewpoints. Cullington argues that texting does not affect a students writing. Textspeak, the abbreviation and shortening of words like used when writing a text message, does affect the way…