revision
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Publication is not the point–but publish anyway.
Reading my blog, you might think I’m very anti-publishing. It’s true that I don’t think publication is the magic gold medal that we all once secretly believed it was. And it definitely means a lot less than non-writers think it does. (I keep a secret mental list of the family and friends who had zero interest in my…
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The Shit Sandwich.
At some point in learning to workshop and critique, we come across something called the Shit Sandwich. The Shit Sandwich is basically this: when you critique someone’s work, start with something good (the bread). Then tell them the problems (the meat… er, sandwich filling). Then end on a good note (more bread.) I had another…
Sonal Champsee 