tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post3909101972159056807..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Critique No-NosUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-65473838350967866532008-04-04T16:27:00.000-04:002008-04-04T16:27:00.000-04:00LOL! I nearly snorted my pop out of my nose!Thank...LOL! I nearly snorted my pop out of my nose!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great laugh!<BR/><BR/>~PJ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-59827901662529444552008-03-31T10:20:00.000-04:002008-03-31T10:20:00.000-04:00Perfect! I saved it for future reference. :) I've ...Perfect! I saved it for future reference. :) I've witnessed a #1 being handed out - in complete sincerity.<BR/><BR/>My personal favorite that I witnessed was, "I found your protagonist to be despicable. I was actually wondering if you were trying to see how repulsive you could make a character before people would stop reading in disgust." Apparently the main character had some characteristics that hit her hot button(s)...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950255148474025374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-12295719086502528892008-03-30T15:04:00.000-04:002008-03-30T15:04:00.000-04:00That was hilarious, and illustrates perfectly why ...That was hilarious, and illustrates perfectly why it can be so hard to find the right critique partner! One of my best friends once asked to critique one of my manuscripts. She's terminally nice and always so impressed that I write books, so when I told her to be really hard on me I wondered if she actually would. Everything I got back was positive. It was heartening to read, but not super helpful. So I'd add, "Oh, it's just absolutely, wonderfully, perfectly <I>perfect</I>! Don't change anything! Really!" Because no manuscript is perfect. But, hey, she's still a good person to turn to when I need encouragement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-9275934933874573372008-03-30T08:18:00.000-04:002008-03-30T08:18:00.000-04:00LOL! I'm no professional writer but I've had #1 an...LOL! I'm no professional writer but I've had #1 and #4 leveled at some of my posted stories. But then again...we take entirely different approaches to our writing. I have a tendency to write character driven stories in which personal growth is the point of the whole thing. His stories are more events driven. And yes, we write in the same genres. It does mean though that he often misses the point of my stories. So choose your crit reader with care. And whatever you do...DON'T ask your mate to do it. :p Hehe. My wolfy can no more be objective about my stories than I can about his paintings and sculptures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-35048866844669273272008-03-30T07:54:00.000-04:002008-03-30T07:54:00.000-04:00God, I've both received and given #1. I would have...God, I've both received and given #1. I would have to stop critiquing if I ever thought #2.<BR/><BR/>And I have to agree with Raine. That is definitely justifiable.Melissa Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575640016746601582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-7437049275475502262008-03-30T03:22:00.000-04:002008-03-30T03:22:00.000-04:00Re #1 ... so you HAVE read my books!Re #1 ... so you HAVE read my books!Simon Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660767551431793439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-65996549852245872142008-03-30T01:20:00.000-04:002008-03-30T01:20:00.000-04:00Are you speaking from personal experience, PBW? :)...Are you speaking from personal experience, PBW? :)eihposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00313211805933994883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-80827882024105274202008-03-29T20:31:00.000-04:002008-03-29T20:31:00.000-04:00Number 1- way too funny!Number 1- way too funny!Big Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04866756029868111330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-61350031237699079212008-03-29T20:28:00.000-04:002008-03-29T20:28:00.000-04:00I dunno...#1 might discourage me from writing agai...I dunno...#1 might discourage me from writing again but #10 would make me think I had written a potential best-seller. lolBekihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07866964749200566242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-3812178200051042142008-03-29T14:12:00.000-04:002008-03-29T14:12:00.000-04:00ROFLMAO. You know...I've had that crit partner be...ROFLMAO. You know...I've had that crit partner before...at least the number 1. Number 2 would cause murder and mayhem. I've thought number 3...and had to stop critiquing for that author b/c of it. <BR/><BR/>Number 6...*WEG* Okay, that cracked me UP. I think I have that ms around here somewhere...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the laugh, PBW. I really needed it today.Dawn Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094479667234469671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-9403269612586010452008-03-29T13:50:00.000-04:002008-03-29T13:50:00.000-04:00#10! ROTFL!#6 - not that there's anything wrong wi...#10! ROTFL!<BR/>#6 - not that there's anything wrong with that.Laineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646581153872151520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-15715003845551678702008-03-29T12:28:00.000-04:002008-03-29T12:28:00.000-04:007. "My baby spit up on your manuscript, but I wipe...<I>7. "My baby spit up on your manuscript, but I wiped it off before I went ahead and mailed it to New York for you."</I><BR/><BR/>Justifiable homicide.<BR/>Definitely.rainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258822737734173873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-30318475961399358722008-03-29T08:00:00.000-04:002008-03-29T08:00:00.000-04:003. "Hmmmmm. People who read this sex scene are goi...<EM> <B>3. "Hmmmmm. People who read this sex scene are going to think you've never actually had an orgasm, you know."</EM> </B><BR/><BR/>And this is why I don't think I'd work well with a crit partner. ;) Because if this thought came to mind, I dunno if I could keep quiet on it. :PShiloh Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07785046046157000126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-22097402133419648532008-03-29T01:10:00.000-04:002008-03-29T01:10:00.000-04:00*laughs and laughs*Love #10. :DAnd have thought #2...*laughs and laughs*<BR/><BR/>Love #10. :D<BR/><BR/>And have thought #2 more than once...<BR/><BR/>#1, I've written in a critique...well, almost. I might as well have.<BR/><BR/>*gigglefit*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-49863912997421421782008-03-29T00:17:00.000-04:002008-03-29T00:17:00.000-04:00LOL. I'm not a writer, but just reading those com...LOL. I'm not a writer, but just reading those comments made me giggle. And feel bad for all those struggling writers.Disgruntled Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045210788555745525noreply@blogger.com