A large part of my revision process – which Meg was immensely helpful in – was developing a strong ‘so what,’ part of my thesis. Meg’s comments on her letter and in person helped me realize that even though I could not see it, the argument I was trying to make was already present in my paper. In our meeting we talked about a couple of different paths my argument could take and Meg helped me narrow down all of the different lines of thought I had to make a singular argument. Meg and I also discussed how after developing my thesis thoroughly I would be able to go back through my paper and alter my examples – eliminating them, elaborating, or / and finding a couple more for new points I would be making in my revision. Sitting down to do my