Critique remedy
Getting a crit from someone who dislikes your story from the get-go is a horrible experience. (I’ve given some bad crits, too, but this post is all about me, me, me.)
After receiving a negative crit, it can be a pleasure to drive along a road with lots of roadkill and mentally swap one critter for another. Another solace is to imagine how those pesky vermin would crit Gene Wolfe. I don’t have to write in Wolfe’s tier to find the exercise curiously refreshing.
Crit: On Blue’s Waters by Gene Wolfe
Hi, Gene –
I just enjoyed reading the first chapter of your story. There were a few places where I got confused, most of them noted later in detailed comments. Continue reading “Critique remedy”
