by Vicki Hinze | Sep 25, 2008 | On Writing
© 1996-2008, Vicki Hinze Giving or receiving a critique is supposed to be helpful to the author of a work. A positive experience that encourages growth and gives the author an objective (if subjective) opinion on the work. To truly be effective and...
by Vicki Hinze | Jun 17, 2008 | On Writing
©2008, Vicki Hinze WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME…? WARNING: This is a no-edit zone… Yesterday, a writer came to me deflated, disillusioned and all but devastated. Her work had been ripped to shreds by a group of fellow writers–one who had by their own...
by Vicki Hinze | May 2, 2008 | On Writing
I stayed up late last night doing critiques. I thought I’d get three or four done–as always, I have a stack to do. I didn’t. I got one done and a solid start on a second one. Some would cringe at devoting that much time to a single entry. But writers are a...