When you have a course paper, a dissertation proposal, a draft manuscript, or anything that you will be asking someone else to grade or review, do this:

Make time. Put on their hat. Anticipate what they will look for. And grade or review your work, in detail.

Use available tools, such as instructions, rubrics, guidelines, and all of the things.

You may think that this is no different from the work you have already put in. You are wrong.

You WILL be able to put yourself into the mindset of the reviewer, and by doing this, you will have a different perspective on your work.

This will:
-Help you meta-think.
-Help improve the item you are working on.
-Be a stepping stone toward becoming a future course instructor, faculty member, journal referee, or grant reviewer.
-Show respect to the person who is grading or reviewing, because your work will be more thorough and easier to grade or review.

Try it. (It is disrespectful not to.)