Request for Feedback on a Draft
Submit a Draft for Written Feedback
If you can’t visit the Writing Center in person, you can submit a draft for written feedback from one of our consultants. A consultant will read your draft and provide comments, questions, and suggestions to help you revise and continue developing your work.
This Service Works Best When
- You have a partial or full draft
- You have time to revise
- You include specific questions for the consultant
Because consultants review many drafts, submitting a shorter section of a longer paper often leads to more detailed feedback.
What Kind of Feedback You’ll Receive
Consultants focus on helping writers develop ideas and revise effectively rather than editing or rewriting sentences. Consultants typically provide:
- Comments and questions in the margins
- Suggestions for revision and development
- Resources you can use as you revise
When You’ll Receive Feedback
- Consultants review drafts on weekdays.
- Most submissions receive feedback within 48 hours.Requests submitted Friday or over the weekend will typically be returned by Tuesday.
- This service works best when you have time to revise after receiving feedback.
Who Can Use This Service
This service is available to undergraduate students at Washington State University. Graduate students should work with the Graduate Writing Center.
Policies, Guidelines, and Information
- This service is for undergraduate WSU students only. Graduate students who submit their work will be rerouted to the GWC and invited to make an appointment with a graduate writing consultant.
- Students can typically expect feedback within approximately 48 hours; requests submitted between Friday and Sunday will receive feedback by the end of Tuesday.
- Written feedback will consist of margin comments, resources to explore, and overall suggestions for revision or development. Consultants will never make changes to the draft itself.
- If you are required to visit the Writing Center, you need to use the in-person (walk-in or appointment) service, unless you’ve discussed this alternative with your professor.
- This service, like all those offered by the WSU Writing Center, is intended to offer support, suggestions, and resources to writers. This service, like all others in our program, does not guarantee “good” grades or set out to “fix” papers. Writing consultants are trained to ask questions and provide feedback that the writer can use as they compose, revise, and ultimately finalize their own work.
Alternative support: eTutoringOnline.org.
All WSU students are invited and allowed to use eTutoring for support on their writing. The eTutoring platform has two types of support: live chats with writing tutors and written feedback on drafts.