Per editing

Throughout this year I have struggled with per editing. In the past I have not had much experience with critiquing my peers’ work and with the practice I did have I knew the people and their writing style well so I felt comfortable giving them suggestions. In this class aside from the people in my group I am not well acquainted with individuals and am even less familiar with their writing styles. For this reason I feel awkward responding to many of my peers in this class. I feel like they may take my critiques as a personal offence. I have tried to combat this by including positive feedback as well as suggestions, but I still feel that I may come across rather harsh. I remember receiving papers back in middle school and feeling as though my teacher had torn apart my paper and brutally beating it into the form that she desired. This is what I fear my peers will feel.