The Role Of Mistakes In My Paper

If I've said it once I've probably said it lots of times and forgot, but I never find more mistakes in my rough drafts until the minute I submit the paper to be graded. There is a point where no matter how closely I read the sentences and check punctuation or citations my brain starts to glass over even the really obvious mistakes in the paper. For this reason, I start the revision process by having several different people look at the paper in different locations like the library, writing center, Starbucks, or a restaurant. After I've weeded out all the mistakes, I rewrite the rough draft by hand to check that I've tied off all loose ends and I don't have any random tangents in my paragraphs. I follow that up with running my paper though several free apps to double check on my grammar and punctuation before submitting the final product.
That lead apron on dread kicks in and suddenly I find myself scanning my paper like a supercomputer to mark the mistakes before someone gets the satisfaction of pointing them out to me. The different locations take away my ability to "go do something else" so I have to sit there are watch that person look over my paper instead of treating it like a test I just pray I get a good grade on. There are probably better ways to go about the peer-review process, but boy it really snaps my head into focus. Trying to work at home is nearly impossible because getting up to do one task suddenly turns into a rendition of "If You Give a Mouse a