Learning how to edit your own work properly is worth every homicidal—or suicidal—moment. Learning how to critique someone else’s work can be both educational and wonderfully therapeutic because it shows you you’re not alone— neither in your mistakes nor in your desire to rip someone’s head off for pointing them out. Bless their hearts.
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Nothing much has happened–in terms of writing–during the last week or so, as we’ve been on vacation, spending several wonderful, relaxing days with my critique partners in Wellington while we tidied synopses and submissions. We also talked books, bought books, read books, dissected books, and celebrated my birthday.
Finn apparently decided he could have a few [...]
Question Number Seven
“You have critique partners. What do you do? How did you find them? “
Honestly? What we do is have a lot of fun.
At the moment I live about an eight hour road trip away from them so we IM or Skype to keep in touch. We have our own Yahoo Group where we [...]
Question Number Six
“What do I do if someone tells me I need to make major changes to my book, characters, plot, setting…the whole thing?”
Well, it depends who is telling you. If it’s your agent or editor, then most of the time you suck it up and make the changes.
If the suggestion comes from someone in [...]
Had a wonderful weekend with one of my critique partners brainstorming our current Works In Progress.
We spent the three days in a bach miles away from anyone we knew. No phone. No internet. No distractions–except for the Farmers’ Market on Saturday morning, and the Giant Book Sale at the local hall. But we won’t talk [...]
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