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A feedback question that helps

Ask for one useful observation rather than a verdict.

Improvement · Original writing

Choose the part of your work you are unsure about. “Is it good?” asks another person to judge everything at once. “Where did you lose the thread?” gives them a place to look.

Tell them what kind of feedback you need and how much time you are asking for. Let them decline.

Write down their observation before defending your choice. Decide what to change, what to test, and what to keep. You can take feedback seriously without using every suggestion.

Take a moment

What do you need to learn from the feedback?

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