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    The Critique Survival Guide
    The Critique Survival Guide
    The Critique Survival Guide
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    The Critique Survival Guide

    By Ian S. Bott

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    When you pen those magical words, “The End”, it’s really only the first step on the road to publication. That first draft needs polishing, revising, editing, but you are too close to your work to do this alone. You need independent, thorough and honest feedback. The kind that digs deep into what’s working and what’s not. The kind that will ruthlessly expose cardboard characters and lackluster descriptions. The kind that will drive transit buses through your carefully-crafted plot.

    In other words, the kind that hurts.

    The trouble is that even amongst friends a detailed critique can be hard to take, but blunt and honest critiques are a necessary growth pain for any writer. Venturing into the anonymous jungle of online critique groups in search of tough love is both terrifying and exponentially rewarding. The Critique Survival Guide shares practical tips for surviving - and thriving on - the harshest of critiquing experiences.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIan S. Bott
    Release dateJan 20, 2016
    ISBN9780993724244
    The Critique Survival Guide
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    Ian S. Bott

    I am a public servant by day, and a science fiction author by night when my dark side emerges to wreak murder and mayhem on unsuspecting imaginary worlds.I use my lifelong love of both science and art to bring new worlds to life for readers to escape to. Back in the real world, I escaped from Britain in 2004 but still miss proper pubs, pork pies, and real bacon.I now live in beautiful British Columbia with my wife, two children, and assorted pets.

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