diff --git a/app/views/papers/new.html.erb b/app/views/papers/new.html.erb
index 9af066c..5bf4f50 100644
--- a/app/views/papers/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/papers/new.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 <h1>new paper</h1>
-
+<% if @author.errors.any? %>
+    <p>An error occured</p>
+    
+    <ul>
+        <% @author.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
+          <li><%= msg %></li>
+        <% end %>
+      </ul>
+<% end %>
 <%= form_for :paper, url: papers_path do |f| %>
   <p>
     <%= f.label :title %><br>