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1. My current writing process includes just gathering all my sources, laying them out in front of me, and just starting and finishing the paper. I would take the outlining tip on this chapter so I can help organize my thoughts because not much organization goes into my writing. Also, I would include maybe asking myself some revision questions to help me check my paper. Sometimes I will finish and will leave many clumsy errors.

2. The main overall advantage of outlining a paper is one's organization of thoughts before the actual paper is written. With an organization of thoughts, he or she no longer has to write papers only to have to re-order some paragraphs. Also, the common time consumer of thinking about what to write next is eliminated.

3. Three specific revision strategies discussed in this chapter include revision questions, which is a self help method that makes a writer look at his or her own work by asking questions such as "Is it clear," or "What should I cut." Those questions will help a person check his or her own work. Another strategy is submitting for peer review. This is a very helpful technique because it gives another viewpoint of your paper where a person can give his or her own opinion. Also, checking the paper for final errors is another strategy which works like the revision questions, except its more related towards grammar and spelling errors, rather than content.

4. The exploratory paper helps one look at several view points of a certain issue, which will help him or her out when writing a paper with an actual viewpoint. With these viewpoints, one can find a side he or she likes, and other viewpoints that are available to refute.

5. Possible ways to conduct peer review include a round robin session, in which all members of the group read everybody else's papers and critique them. The other option is to read it aloud to them, and they can critique the paper after the paper has been read. The advantages of peer review include getting different opinions from everybody. No matter how many people read it, there are bound to be opinions which can be used to improve a paper.