Sixty, on Jun 16 2009, 02:06 PM, said:
But if you wanted to do an exchange of some sort via this forum I'd be down. I'm not so sure exactly why critique you'd be looking for (something in-depth like an editor almost, or just a general reader's impression etc.) but I'd be open to suggestions.
I'm not asking for detailed line-editing or anything like that. I'd like to know if the story grabs people, if characters behave and speak in a believable way, if it's balanced and self-consistent, all that kind of stuff. Basically I'd like to know what readers think of it
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A couple of people have read it so far and the response was that it was enjoyable--from what I can tell, it was a good read, not amazing and not terrible. I'd like something more specific, which is probably more doable when taken a chapter at a time.
But yeah, whatever kind of crit you (and others) want for your own stuff, I'm happy to try. If you want my email addy to send anything, just let me know and I'll PM you.
Any other takers on this? Gamet mentioned above that this kind of activity seriously helps with the motivation and workrate... and it definitely did for me when I first started here. I think I wrote about three chapters in six months before joining up here, and after that I was cranking them out at a rate of about a chapter a month (or even less!), because I wanted to get the story out to the people who were reading it. It was good fun
This post has been edited by Yellow: 16 June 2009 - 06:05 PM