Global edits are important in this stage of drafting our papers because it allows us to receive feedback on our ideas and see if they actually support the thesis statement. Also, this method of editing helps to see the big picture of the essay and find if the thesis statement itself should be changed to fit the arguments made in the body paragraphs of the essay. When I was using global editing, it was hard to comment on paragraphs as a whole and not trying to make local edits, which I have been used to doing since high school. It was also a challenge to not comment on sentence structure and sections that may have included awkward wording. Instead, I focused on whether or not my peer’s claims made in the body paragraphs were actually supported by the evidence that they gave and if they clearly stated their own opinions or elaborated on their views.  It is better to make global edits over local edits at this stage because the essay is still in progress and locally editing sections doesn’t make sense because sections could even be deleted from the essay during the revision process.