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Criticism for your writing – how to seek it, how to take it: Ep 16 FREE podcast for writers

April 9, 2020 Roz Morris @Roz_Morris4 Comments

There’s a lot of criticism involved in being a writer. It’s part of every stage of writing a book. Early on, you need feedback to help you with your personal vision. Later, you might get input from publishing professionals – editors, literary agents, publishers. Some of them might reject your work! (Rest assured, this happens to all of us.) Finally, after all those thrashings, you’ll get opinions from readers and critics. We need thick skins at times; receptive hearts at others. We need to learn who to trust, who’s not a good fit for our aims, who to laugh off with a shrug. And alongside all these we have our harshest critics – ourselves, our hopes.

That’s what we’re talking about today.

Asking the questions is independent bookseller Peter Snell. Answering them is me!

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I’ve also got some posts that tackle this – how to deal with critiques and editorial feedback, a good editor helps you to be yourself.

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