Writing.Com General Discussion

Hey Crow ...I'm a noob. I would love to start reviewing, but as Veritas said, I am terrified to give critical feedback for a few reasons:

1. I feel like an impostor telling established members about things that might not work as well as others;
2. I do worry greatly about backlash and being labelled as harsh or rude; even though I am not and I do use 'the sandwich
method'
3. I know the kind of feedback I want -- I want to know what is wrong and what is right and why, but I don't always feel that
everyone else wants to know that about their own work

And I say all that with a belief that I can give at least a reasonably good review. Thus far, if I have had any suggestions for improvement or things that didn't work, I was privately emailing and not reviewing. I got some thank yous with some good feedback on my reviews, but I didn't get responses from some - those are the ones that made me worry.

I review established, published authors all the time, and some of those reviews can be harsh - but I (for right or wrong) have a different criteria for what I expect. Just in case you see one and think "well no wonder you don't want to review, you really are a tough sell!". I'm not.