All Discussions Tagged 'feedback' - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T19:31:08Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=feedback&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIs there an area to find critique partners around here?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-10:537324:Topic:2346972010-05-10T21:10:09.452ZCamille LaGuirehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CamilleLaGuire
I'll be finishing the first draft of my cozy mystery this month, and I realized that I have almost no mystery readers or writers in my circle of writing friends. Is anybody interested in exchanging chapters or manuscripts any time this summer? (I won't be able to do heavy critique myself until I finish the book in early June or before - but I could do a few chapters at a time even now.)<br></br><br></br>If you want to check it out before speaking up, here's a blog post with the first version of the…
I'll be finishing the first draft of my cozy mystery this month, and I realized that I have almost no mystery readers or writers in my circle of writing friends. Is anybody interested in exchanging chapters or manuscripts any time this summer? (I won't be able to do heavy critique myself until I finish the book in early June or before - but I could do a few chapters at a time even now.)<br/><br/>If you want to check it out before speaking up, here's a blog post with the first version of the pitch and a link to the first chapter:<br/><br/><a href="http://daringnovelist.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-dare-finish-book.html">http://daringnovelist.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-dare-finish-book.html</a><br/><br/>Camille<br/> Feedback on stories in progresstag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-14:537324:Topic:243142007-04-14T10:17:01.650ZVincent Holland-Keenhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/fiskerton
I just wrote <a href="http://dragonsfandango.blogspot.com/2007/04/talking-about-writing.html">a blog post</a> on the fact that I rarely discuss stories that I'm working on, despite the fact that this means I don't get a feeling for whether my choices work or not until the first draft's done and someone's reading it.<br />
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Do other writers take this approach of disappearing into a hole until there's something complete to show? Or do you have people you can bounce ideas off at the start of the…
I just wrote <a href="http://dragonsfandango.blogspot.com/2007/04/talking-about-writing.html">a blog post</a> on the fact that I rarely discuss stories that I'm working on, despite the fact that this means I don't get a feeling for whether my choices work or not until the first draft's done and someone's reading it. <br />
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Do other writers take this approach of disappearing into a hole until there's something complete to show? Or do you have people you can bounce ideas off at the start of the process or while the writing is in progress? How useful do you find this feedback and how does it shape the resulting draft? <br />
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(And I apologise that this is another writer-centric, rather than reader-centric discussion. I'll have to think of a topic more accessible to both next time)