I learned this the hard way—by failing to keep any records of database searches, then scrambling to recreate my search process after the fact. Don’t be that researcher. There’s a better way.

Getting feedback on your writing is tough for a lot of people for a lot of reasons. In this post, I walk you through some basic tools for working with that feedback, so you can move your project forward.

Let’s talk about how to ask for friendly feedback, which means feedback on your academic writing from someone whose goal is to help you develop your document before you send it to someone who is a gatekeeper for your writing.

All academic writers need other sources of feedback besides the advisor, committee members, journal editors, and peer reviewers. Let’s call this friendly feedback.

Every professional writer gets feedback as part of the publishing process. And guess what? As an academic, you are also a professional writer!