Tag Archives: critique

The Laws of Writing

Posted on September 25, 2017 by

I wish I could engrave this in every writer’s mind. Basically, it’s a simple tenet: you have to know the rules before you can break them. But let’s skip the “breaking” part and realize that we must know the rules. … Continue reading →

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Critique Sting

Posted on August 7, 2013 by

Not long ago one of my local friends asked if my critique partners lived in town. “No,” I said, “they’re all out of rifle range.” Folks who read my Facebook page know the exact day that little exchange happened because … Continue reading →

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Does the Critique Have Merit? II

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Pick a business, any business, and I can promise this will be true: There are those who know what they’re doing, and those who only think they know. The same is true in writing and editing. In Monday’s post about … Continue reading →

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