Having committed to blog about writing, and apparently
having some interested followers, I now face the task of seriously organizing
my ideas and establishing a priority for addressing them.
Central to my motivation to share this info are multitudinous
feelings and observations about critique groups. Therefore critiquing moves to the forefront of the
priorities. That's progress, but,
so far twenty-five topics are on the list to discuss about critiquing. So, the prioritization starts all over
again.
Complicating things (adding pressure to my endeavor) is a
note that my (professional) editor is interested in following and analyzing
what I have to say about critique groups, since she says she heard such mixed messages from other authors. Great. I'll just
have to think of it as free services.
Prepare yourself, Laura, for more mixed messages.
The topic Excerptination (cute word, huh?) will
be the first I tackle . The
definition of this made-up word is- "the stress on both the author and the
critiquer caused by the limitation of the critiquer's not having readily
accessible knowledge of the plot, setting and character development
meticulously woven by the author throughout the entire work." The next blog entry will begin to address
this phenomenon.
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