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I have told this before, but I was asked to give feedback on a woman's novel she'd been writing for 10 years. I carefully crafted some questions to show her where things in her book didn't feel right and what she could do to fix it. She saw what I meant and went home to fix it. Her published novel felt good to her to hold in her hand. I bought the book to support her, but it wasn't very good. It really didn't make much sense to me. However, I was asked by another woman writing her memoir to look over her work. She'd paid for people (not professionals) to EDIT her work. I'm guessing punctuation grammar. What they didn't do was concept editing or whatever it's called. I spent 3 hours with her last night going over her first 5 chapters (short ones) and adding emotion, feeling, description, and rearranging some sections so they fell in a chronological order. She thought that was what she should have been given by the others. They aren't writers. There's the difference. When I left she hugged me so tight. "You understand me. You pulled things from me I didn't even think about adding. This is going to be better than I could have dreamed." High praise for going from the Queen died then the King died to The Queen died from a fall off her horse. The king died of a broken heart, and the whole country wept in mourning. We still have a number of chapters to go, but I feel I gave her the review she needed and she desires to have a book that will resonate with people. Her first draft was lacking. She's dyslexic and was taught to read and write with God's help. (She's in her 80's) To write what she did is amazing. What she went through was horrific. What she became is only because of God's love. I think reviewing is subjective to the person being reviewed. Do they want a good story like Bonnie or just want to see what they wrote in print, like Carol? Here on Wdc there are both types of reviewers. Those who do it to gain GPS and have no desire to better their reviewing skills which in turn enhances their own writing. Then there are those who craft their skill of writing and share that skill through reviewing. I want those people looking over my work. Tell me what needs to be done to make it great. not just good. MY Blog: www.christinamweaver.wordpress.com Follow my journey writing a crime story 35 years in the making  |
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