I just wanted to share what a great meeting I had with my supervisors - I only started in Dec (part-time) and my proposal didn't pass the committee last month as the aims needed to be more specific and the methodology needed more detail. Last week I felt as though I wanted to give up - if I couldn't do a proposal how would I do a thesis? However I had a great meeting with my supervisors - they seemed much more supportive and encouraging rather than finding fault with every word. They've given me a steer on what I need to do which they think is only a few hundred words so I'm raring to go now! (Once I have done all my marking)