There are two things to keep in mind when you are doing a peer review. Separate yourself from you friend when reading his or hers paper, and use constructive criticism. It is very important when you are reading your friends writing to put aside your friendship. You want your friend to do his or her best. Sometimes thats going to come at a cost on our end when we are looking over a friends paper. We are not going to just be able to read through it and say this is great. We need to really sit down and read it with and open mind and write down what we are really thinking. If you want your friend to do well this is the time to point out their flaws or what they should do better. Ultimately this will bring what both people want. The friend an amazing paper, and the peer reader the friends success in writing a paper.
A way to make sure that your friend is not insulted by all the feedback you give on a paper is to phrase the comments properly. Constructive criticism is a key to this. Make sure when your write your comments that you comment about things you like as well as things that need help. This will allow your friend to see that what they’ve done is really good so far but just needs some help. Phrasing something like: “This sentence sucks” and saying “Can you rephrase this sentence” goes a long way. It will not anger your friends and bog them down. So in general when reading a friends paper, put aside your friendship for the moment and criticize in a way that make your friend successful.
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