tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26676840.post1029898478708716312..comments2024-03-21T01:33:09.488-06:00Comments on <center>LDS Writers Blogck</center>: More on Critiquing EtiquetteKeith N Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05222131826035498684noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26676840.post-8436433078324610382010-05-28T06:48:17.145-06:002010-05-28T06:48:17.145-06:00Okay, after talking about with my critique group, ...Okay, after talking about with my critique group, I think there are advantages to having your group reading your genre. I'm writing women's fiction and it helps to have a group full of women. but if I were a woman writig women's fiction, I would already know how a woman would act.Keith N Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222131826035498684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26676840.post-40911339333905094952010-05-27T14:12:23.745-06:002010-05-27T14:12:23.745-06:00Ali,
I understand what you are saying, and you to...Ali,<br /><br />I understand what you are saying, and you too Amanda. However, if something is written in a way that can't be understood by anyone, then it needs to be criticized. <br /><br />there are are genre specific formulas and world building techniques. but those things are the same if you are writing about high school or the world on the fourth planet in the delnar system. Its just setting. <br /><br />Characters should be true to the way they are written. if they suddenly act differently there needs to be a reason for it and that needs to be shown. I usually know a lot about a character by the fifth chapter, (enough to say that character wouldn't do that).<br /><br />If your critique group partners are having trouble with it, you can bet a publisher will too, no matter what the genre. <br /><br />Therefore I recommend partners from all genres. Just because I don't read vampires, doesn't mean I can't see good writtng, or bad.<br /><br />I agree, though, that being tactful is the best way to say it. Even then, you might have a member of your group who just doesn't do criticism well. <br /><br />There are times when I feel lambasted in my group, but I know they love me and I respect their opinions. Perhaps, that's the secret. give your opinions with love and recieve them that way as well. I believe that's what you were saying.<br /><br />Writng is writing, no matter what genre. Thanks for this post. you are one of my heros.Keith N Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222131826035498684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26676840.post-62230671687446898202010-05-24T11:00:22.006-06:002010-05-24T11:00:22.006-06:00I was going back and forth on whether or not I sho...I was going back and forth on whether or not I should keep our critique group a fantasy only group, or open up to other genres. I finally chose to keep it to fantasy writers only for the exact reason you just wrote about. Two women's fiction writers had inquired about the group and I felt really bad not including them. I just thought the group would not benefit them the way they needed.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479994957190485975noreply@blogger.com