Sentences with phrase «line critique group»

I followed a little of the hoopla you mentioned on a forum thread on an on - line critique group I belong to and felt Ms Howett actually got a pretty decent review of her book.

Not exact matches

In Donovan's case, an option along these lines would be to use beta readers rather than a critique group.

Even though not every critique group is run by Lawrence Block, you can get some useful stuff out of it if you read between the lines.

As Anne mentioned last week, some critique groups tend to focus more on line - by - line issues than big picture things, especially because critique groups / partners often see just a chapter or so at a time.

However, if you feel like your prose could use some work, or if you're just starting out, I would recommend going to a critique group and have them help pinpoint places for improvement, rather than pay for line editing.

I wrote a post last month on Why You Should Ignore the Advice from Your Critique Group, and how to read between the lines of that kind of feedback.

You've encountered these before: why it's essential to get an agent, how to attract the agent, why you need to revise, revise, and revise again, how a writer's critique group can provide useful feedback, why it helps to share your manuscript with editing professionals (developmental editors for plot and style problems, line or copy editors for making the grammar and syntax road - worthy)... and all the rest.

After joining some on - line writing groups, I soon found myself in a critique group which included a published author.

Bridging that gap between the «line - editing» critique group and the «big picture» critique partners can be a tough path to find (let alone cross!)

-- She is a member of ACFW and actively involved in several critique groups and on - line writing forums.

However, if you feel like your prose could use some work, or if you're just starting out, I would recommend going to a critique group and have them pinpoint places for improvement, rather than pay for line editing.