tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post5501017391763048829..comments2023-04-05T21:04:12.334+10:00Comments on Dancing with Dragonflies: 5 Pages of CriticismImogenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410837283440529139noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post-39049948010179195622011-12-31T09:46:15.727+11:002011-12-31T09:46:15.727+11:00Jessica, I'm with you. I'm half dreading, ...Jessica, I'm with you. I'm half dreading, half excited about this critique. My problem is I want to send this lady a really good five pages, but I haven't got five really good pages. Plus I'm so scared she'll think my writing's no good. Not that that'll stop me.<br /><br />I have an opposite problem when I send things to friends. They refuse to give me a proper opinion or make any sort of suggestions, even when I ask them point blank. It so annoys me when they just say, that's really great writing, because that doesn't help me at all.<br /><br />If you ever want an opinion on your writing, just drop me an email or comment. I'd love to help you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05746017057593508370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post-21524332418450678302011-12-30T15:01:09.635+11:002011-12-30T15:01:09.635+11:00Oh yay! Critiques!!!! *dies* :P I hate them but th...Oh yay! Critiques!!!! *dies* :P I hate them but they are soooo necessarily to living. I've heard it is FABULOUS!!!!! to have books edited and all of that stuff but idk...Recently I had a friend BEG me to share my story with them and it's rough draft only - I don't edit until I am done for the most part...so I sent her the first 4 chapters unedited, rough draft, because I don't have the time to through and edit it right now. To my great chagrin editor mind that she is she went and marked up the whole 30 pages - which is a LOT OF WORK I KNOW!!!!! but it was SUPER hard to take when she had asked me to share and all I had asked for was her opinion not her editing... It's painful and right now I have a novel that people are asking me to try and publish and it needs help - help that I am blind to help that I need to ask someone to help me with and I am looking at it thinking - this is going to be worse than pulling off band-aids!<br /><br />You have my deepest sympathy and joy in your gift of a critique...helpfully done they are wonderful! I've had a few that way...a few short minutes but on ground I am not sure of...it's terrifying. <br /><br />God bless you and your journey and if you want a shoulder to cry on when you get it back let me know...I know I am half a world a way but - I can hear your pain from over here...<br /><br />JessicaJessica Greysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062673420332799383noreply@blogger.com