tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31121848.post9190239644215104184..comments2024-02-19T15:11:41.227-06:00Comments on Catholic Writer Chick at Large!: To Critter or Not To Critter, Part 3Jannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06725527285837338560noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31121848.post-54849481615300901212008-03-20T08:43:00.000-05:002008-03-20T08:43:00.000-05:00Donna-I have to rustle up your e-mail to send you ...Donna-<BR/><BR/>I have to rustle up your e-mail to send you a more personal reply, but the best I can answer this is...it depends. :-) I generally do a limited amount of critiquing for free, as it were, in that I'm not exchanging writing with that many people right now. I don't mind critique-exchanging, though. If it comes down to something more detailed--i.e., you want a whole bunch of material gone over with a thorough critique and feedback--I generally put that into the "editorial services" basket and we talk about fees accordingly. In short, what do you have in mind?<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>JannyJannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06725527285837338560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31121848.post-90851790170745274752008-03-15T15:11:00.000-05:002008-03-15T15:11:00.000-05:00Okay, I'll ask---are you an expensive critiquer or...Okay, I'll ask---are you an expensive critiquer or do you do it on a sharing basis with other writers?Donna Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31121848.post-46379538993180117172008-03-13T21:05:00.000-05:002008-03-13T21:05:00.000-05:00Guess I've gone from one gamut to another with cri...Guess I've gone from one gamut to another with crit partners. I've had great ones and some really awful ones.<BR/><BR/>I think it's all in knowing what to accept and what not to accept from what someone else says. How much do you know about your own story?Donna Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31121848.post-28584256199795734672008-03-10T08:03:00.000-05:002008-03-10T08:03:00.000-05:00I've been lucky, in a way...I've been part of ever...I've been lucky, in a way...I've been part of everything from a large and undisciplined crit group giving their feedback in public, out loud, and unedited. I've had a single crit partner--sometimes as many as two--give me valuable input. I've had the same editor over 5 different books at 2 different houses. There are pluses and minuses to every conceivable scenario you can call critique.<BR/><BR/>The overall upside is, you're sending your "baby" out there to stand, or fall, on the approbation of other people. This is stressful in & of itself...but oh so valuable if you get past the white-knuckle moment!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100565897627429788noreply@blogger.com