What your instructor or professor says:

• Problems with thesis statement or main idea
• Problems with logic or ideas
• Problems with analysis
• Problems with paragraphs or organization
• Problems with unclear sentences
• Problems with grammar
• Problems with documentation or plagiarism

What your peers and classmates say:

• I didn't understand your main point
• I couldn't tell where you were going
• Some of your sentences seemed confusing
• In some places it seems like you just went on and on or were padding
• I think you may have copied some of the sentences from Wikipedia or another webpage
• Parts seem choppy

What you say:

• I'm having trouble coming up with an idea for the paper
• I have trouble making the paper long enough
• I'm not really sure how to use my research
• I'm worried about plagiarizing by accident
• I made an outline but it didn't help
• How do I know if I need a title page? Or where to put page numbers?
• I'm worried about grammatical errors