Understanding Professional Writing Feedback

Professional Writing Feedback

An important step in writing your paper is revision. You will draft your written project, targeting a professional in your field or discipline as the audience. You will then share the draft with the professional you have previously identified, and incorporate the feedback you receive, as appropriate



"We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve." ~Bill Gates



In the workplace and other areas of life, it is important to become more comfortable requesting feedback (both positive and critical). Why? Feedback helps us become more effective, gives us a chance to change and modify our behavior (and writing!), and helps us develop more self-awareness about how others perceive our actions and skills.



Detailed instructions about completing your draft can be found here.



Assignment Instructions

After you have drafted your paper following the guidelines linked above, share the draft with the professional who has agreed to give you feedback. After receiving the feedback, please upload a draft of your final paper. At the beginning (before your title page) or end (after you list your references) of your uploaded draft document, please include the following:



Share both critical and positive feedback received from the professional about your paper.

Share your personal reactions and thoughts as you reviewed the feedback.

Share your plan for integrating the feedback appropriately into your writing before submitting your final written project.

To stay on track for finishing the course on time, this assignment should be completed by the 7th week of the course. There is no grading rubric for this assignment but you should look at the grading rubric for your final submission (M6.6), provided below. The faculty will mark your submission Complete/Incomplete and give additional feedback as time allows.