Write The Story As You Want To, Not How Others Tell You To Write It by Janelle Riley
Fiction is made up, so write the story fiction as you want, based on your unique experiences, not how others tell you to.
Fiction is made up, so write the story fiction as you want, based on your unique experiences, not how others tell you to.
This post is about getting feedback on your novel from my perspective, a working novelist, and writing teacher. *** I was in my last 10 days of getting my next manuscript — my next...
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Criticism can be harmful. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, offers the following definition: “…1a: the act of criticizing usu. unfavorably, seeking encouragement rather than˜….c: CRITIQUE 2: the art of evaluating or analyzing works of art or literature…”
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