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Responding to Feedback and Revising Your Writing

Performing a Writing Self Assessment

The questions in this resource will help you critically reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of your own writing.  See Performing a Writing Self Assessment.

Diagnosing Problems with Description

This resource provides you with descriptive passages to revise.  The accompanying commentary will help you think about how to revise your own work. Read more about Diagnosing Problems with Description.

Getting the Most out of a Writing Conference with your Instructor

This resource will help you prepare for an effective writing consultation with your instructor so you can get the feedback you need to keep writing and revising toward a strong final product. See Getting the Most out of a Writing Conference with your Instructor.

Getting the Most out of Peer Responses to Your Writing

This resource will help you solicit and successfully utilize peer feedback. Learn more about Getting the Most out of Peer Responses to Your Writing.

Responding to Questions at an Academic Conference

By reviewing sample questions and responses in this resource, you can think ahead about how you might respond to similar questions after a conference presentation. Read more about Responding to Questions at an Academic Conference.

Categorizing the Feedback of Anonymous Peer Reviewers

Elements of a Response Letter to Anonymous Peer Reviewers

Though some fundamentals of revision and resubmission vary by field, irrespective of discipline, response letters should usually contain the basic elements reviewed in this resource. Keep reading to learn about these Elements of a Response Letter to Anonymous Peer Reviewers.