critique

  • I’m not super-sensitive, but… wait.

    I’m not super-sensitive, but… wait.

    I had a piece of mine workshopped not long ago, and while my workshop-mates are all intelligent and caring people who try very hard to give the best possible feedback, I came out of there annoyed.  Others might call it ‘upset’, but I say ‘annoyed’ because it makes me sound less precious. In any case,…

  • Intellect vs Intuition

    In studying writing, it occurs to me that there are two distinct parts to it: the intellectual and the intuitive.  (As a side benefit, that came out nicely alliterative.) The intellectual side refers to issues of craft—stuff that comes out when someone critiques your work. Things you discuss with an editor. In some ways, this…