Evidence: “Explain why art is so complex. You don’t have to explain it fully, just a few words elaborating your point would be good for the reader.”
This comment is suggesting that the author gives more evidence to support their claims, so it fits nicely under the “evidence” category.
Ideas: “Your sentences are worded a little awkwardly, rather than trying to make them sound formal just try just writing down what you are thinking. This will make your points clearer and overall improve your essay.”
This comment is suggesting the idea to the author that they clarify what they are supporting through more concise ideas. It fits nicely under the “ideas” category.
Organization: “These paragraphs might be better if placed together so they are one comprehensive though rather than fragments.”
This comment is suggesting that the author re-shape their paragraphs for a more logical flow of ideas. It fits nicely under the “organization” section.
When it comes to prioritizing global edits rather than local edits, I struggle. The first thing that I notice in other people’s writing is mechanical errors. It is difficult for me to understand the points that people are trying to make when their writing is so ridden with errors. A few of my favorites are things like a lack of apostrophes, commas where they don’t belong and none where they should be, and not capitalizing proper nouns. I get extremely hung up on these types of errors in my classmate’s writing so overall, it was difficult for me to make large “global” edits rather than local edits.
Max,
I agree with you that it can be difficult to look past grammatical errors to the bigger picture. This will become easier, however, as everyone’s writing improves and your editing eye sharpens. I want to challenge your “ideas” category as it does focus on the sentence’s wording, rather than the idea, itself. Perhaps if you suggested how the idea could be reworded so that it was more clearly relayed? 3/3