Unlock the Secrets: What Every Aspiring Fiction Writer Must Know to Master the Craft
Getting critiqued is painful.
Getting critiqued is necessary. You don’t know what you don’t know. You can’t be objective about your own writing.
I took a swim class once, many years ago. I had no delusions of grandeur. I just wanted to learn how to swim a bit better. On the first day, the teacher had each person in the class swim once across the pool. In front of a video camera.
The next class, the teacher showed us all every video and did an instant critique on each swimmer. I remember each person saying, “What? I’m doing that? No wonder I’m a lousy swimmer.”
