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Subject:Peer Reviewing Suggestions From:Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- nocpulse -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:13:09 -0800
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I've discovered a way to get results through peer editing. I used to email
sections of my doc out to people and little or no response. The response I
did get was vague at most. So here is what I did to get better results.
* Print out the doc you want edited.
* Create and print a cover sheet with the names of the people who will
be editing and provide a space for them to initial when they are done. We
called this a chop chain in the Navy.
* Ask each to make edits in a different color. To make it easy for my
co-workers, I attached a zip lock bag with enough colored pencils so that
each one is different.
* Provide some guidelines around what type of editing you want and
what the marks are that you want them to use.
* Give them a deadline and pass out the docs.
So far this has worked very well for getting feedback and accountability for
who is making what suggestions.
Regards,
C. Wade Courtney
Technical Writer
If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train.
-Robert Lowell
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Fax 408.735.3775 mailto:wade -at- nocpulse -dot- com
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