Day 8: Helping others helps you
Cohort Day
8
Hi there,
Giving feedback is an important part of the cohort experience.
It’s a chance to support others in the cohort. But it will also help you improve your own writing as it will teach you some questions to ask yourself.
1️⃣ What’s the main point?
2️⃣ What’s a strength?
3️⃣ What’s an improvement?
Our Feedback Checklist will help you answer these questions.
Feedback Checklist
Basics
Do you clearly understand the main point of the post?
Do you and the writer agree on the main point? (If you disagree with the writer, there is an opportunity to make it more clear!)
Is the writing clear and concise?
Does the writer use less than 30 words per sentence?
Does the writer use concise words? (ex: replace “due to the fact that" with "because")
Does the writer avoid long, compound sentences?
Does the writer avoid qualifiers like “I think” and “In my opinion”?
Is the writing easy to read?
Does the writer take advantage of spacing, headings, or bullet points?
Does the writer add pictures or diagrams to the post?
Does the writer avoid large “walls of text”
Does the writer give specific examples or data to support their writing?
Does the writing pass the ChatGPT Test (could an AI have written this?)
Pass the ChatGPT Test with data, sources, examples, and personal anecdotes
Does the writer hyperlink or cite their sources?
Does the writer use data instead of “fluffy” adjectives like extremely, very, exponentially
Does the writer avoid simple grammar and spelling mistakes?
Go Deeper
Does the writer offer a unique perspective or viewpoint?
Does the writing teach you something new?
Does the writer spark an “ah ha” moment?
Do you want to share this with your friends? Why?
Does the writer have a compelling writing style?
Apply it to your own writing
Prior to publishing, read over the Feedback Checklist.
Can you improve your writing by answering “Yes” to some of the questions on the Checklist?
Go Deeper:
- Consider asking AI for feedback. Here are Steps to Create AI-Generated Feedback
- Check out “Copy of Writing Tips Email Sequence” for a copy of every email in this series
- Check out Cohort Resources for all resources
- Explore the Notion Home for cohort-specific information, like the Leaderboard