Week 8 Comments and Feedback

1. For the most part I've found the feedback and comments I've received to be very helpful. I sometimes struggle with knowing how much explanation I need to include in my writing, so comments that ask questions or point out something that was confusing are a good opportunity for me to see how I can improve in that respect.

2. I think my feedback to other students has been pretty good, although they would be better able to answer that than I am. I usually try to start my comments with saying what I liked about a person's story or project, then move to any points I think could be improved.

3. I feel like I've sort of gotten to know a bit about some people whose blogs I've been assigned several times by the randomizer and some people who have commented on multiple stories on my blog just by seeing the types of stories they write and what they like or dislike in my stories. I haven't really had any ongoing conversations with anyone through the comment section. I think my introduction and blog tells people as much about me as I would reveal in any other class.

4. I want to work on leaving more questions over things I didn't understand in the story in my feedback, since those types of comments have been helpful to me.

                                
                                                                   (Feedback Cat)

5. I chose this picture partly because I think the cat's cute, and partly because I've noticed a pattern in the feedback I've received of people being confused by things that I thought were clear, which has lead me to realize that I often don't provide enough background or explanation in my stories.