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Post by pjthefey on Jun 11, 2011 19:09:24 GMT -5
Do you let your friends read your stories, even if they're unedited/unfinished? Or do you let no one but yourself and your beta read them until they're polished? I struggle with this a lot because right now I am pretty much limited to professors, peer editors for class, and family members who don't provide any useful feedback. I have yet to find someone who is both skilled enough to provide constructive feedback, and is someone I feel I can trust with something I feel may be worth publishing. |
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Post by embonpoint on Jun 11, 2011 19:14:17 GMT -5
I have yet to find someone who is both skilled enough to provide constructive feedback, and is someone I feel I can trust with something I feel may be worth publishing. Right?! I have one person and we have very unreliable communication! It's really, really hard. Although, I'm not really being fair on my mum; she does give good feedback, honest feedback (although she doesn't necessarily 'know things' about literature/English), but I don't like to show her things because I get too embarrassed. |
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Oct 17, 2011 4:06:47 GMT -5
I don't even like admitting that I write...much less showing someone what I'm writing or have written. When I was in high school I had a circle of friends who were writers and they would let me read their works so I could give them feedback. I would much rather read someone else's work than show someone mine. I've never shown a soul any of my stuff.
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Post by tosney on Oct 17, 2011 15:33:08 GMT -5
I know what you guys mean about moms. Whenever I even mention a plot detail she thinks my writing is me whining about how under appreciated and special I think I am (because that's what all artists write about, apparently), or complaining about her, or something like that. "The character has a nosy Aunt" always turns into, "Complaining about how obnoxious your mom is, huh?"
She actually is a reader and could give some good feedback regarding sentence structure and stuff, but she's not particularly literary when it comes to metaphors and stuff. It's a shame I can't show her my more personal stuff. My current story has a satirical bit involving a couple of parents are are truly idiotic, so I can't wait to hear the assumptions based on that one.
I usually let my cousin read my fantasy stuff cause she likes it. The internet reads my shorter work. I have one or two writer friends that I think I'll send my current work to when I'm finished.
I've never really shown anyone I know my more metaphorical work though. I'm really embarrassed about it, like I'm trying to be literary or something and maybe it's actually really obvious and bad. I'm trying to get over it, though, because if it gets published I'll have both haters and lovers. I would be really crushed if my story ever gets turned into a joke in the literary world though.
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Post by Kori on Dec 15, 2011 23:08:46 GMT -5
I have let friends read my stories in the past, even before I edited the crap out of them, hoping that they would give me some feedback, but they never got around to reading it. One says she did and has a bunch of feedback, but then she's never sent it to me. Ever.
So, since I'm in college and have the added advantage to be forced into taking critique and workshop classes as a part of my major, its usually other my class that reads my writing, other students and professors. You get some good feedback there. There's also a local workshop group that I go to on occasion. The only problem with that is then you have to read their writing and be helpful. XP
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Dec 16, 2011 13:05:23 GMT -5
I took a Gotham Writer's Workshop this past 10 weeks, which was monstrously helpful and gave me the contacts to start my own writers' circle, to start up in January. It's pretty exciting. I'm looking forward to having a group to work with me on my novel for the Long Haul.
Also, if any writers in NYC happen to read this, CONTACT ME. All experience levels, all genres, just need to be serious about writing. I'm always looking for new blood.
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Post by Kori on Jan 6, 2012 3:33:01 GMT -5
I took a Gotham Writer's Workshop this past 10 weeks, which was monstrously helpful and gave me the contacts to start my own writers' circle, to start up in January. It's pretty exciting. I'm looking forward to having a group to work with me on my novel for the Long Haul. Also, if any writers in NYC happen to read this, CONTACT ME. All experience levels, all genres, just need to be serious about writing. I'm always looking for new blood. Gah. If only I lived in New York. I need writer's circle help for my novel badly. T_T |
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Post by sammybluejay on Jan 6, 2012 14:05:02 GMT -5
I've unfortunately always been of the type who is kind of embarrassed to admit that they write anything, especially because most of my writing tends towards YA and telling a lot of people THAT would just open a can of worms I am completely unwilling to argue. I have two writer friends (one of whom I've only acquired very recently) who I will allow to read my work but other than that, it's hard for me to hand over something I've written unless I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY happy with it. I think that's happened once since I was twelve, and I gave it to a teacher in high school who I knew was completely supportive and encouraging of my writing.
My parents are a no-no. I've let my mom read the occasional short story and she really does want to read more, but she isn't very good at critique or constructive criticism (and I've written like, NOTHING in the last two years). My dad is an engineer and even though he's proud of the fact that I survived university, he definitely wishes I was a scientist or a mathematician rather than an English student.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jan 6, 2012 18:56:23 GMT -5
I took a Gotham Writer's Workshop this past 10 weeks, which was monstrously helpful and gave me the contacts to start my own writers' circle, to start up in January. It's pretty exciting. I'm looking forward to having a group to work with me on my novel for the Long Haul. Also, if any writers in NYC happen to read this, CONTACT ME. All experience levels, all genres, just need to be serious about writing. I'm always looking for new blood. Gah. If only I lived in New York. I need writer's circle help for my novel badly. T_T We could always start an FYEMA one. |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jan 7, 2012 18:49:02 GMT -5
I took a Gotham Writer's Workshop this past 10 weeks, which was monstrously helpful and gave me the contacts to start my own writers' circle, to start up in January. It's pretty exciting. I'm looking forward to having a group to work with me on my novel for the Long Haul. Also, if any writers in NYC happen to read this, CONTACT ME. All experience levels, all genres, just need to be serious about writing. I'm always looking for new blood. Gah. If only I lived in New York. I need writer's circle help for my novel badly. T_T Gotham has online courses, though $400/course is a bit stiff... Gah. If only I lived in New York. I need writer's circle help for my novel badly. T_T We could always start an FYEMA one. Well, technically, that's what the critique section of the forum is for... We're just all pretty bad about ACTUALLY critiquing what's posted. |
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