Recently, I've become a critique partner advocate! There is
nothing like a second or third fresh mind looking at your WIP.
Refining your
own manuscript with the aid of an outside source can give depth into your
story, characters and overall meaning of what you want to say.
Also, critiquing
work gives me the chance to see my own work in a different light. Looking at
something new to critique gives me inspiration. My fellow writers, weather they
are just beginning or not, give me the awe inspiring feeling because I know what
they are going through.
I think the best thing about critique is not the learning
involved on both sides but being a part of the process of a good story. It
takes more than one person to build a novel.
I definitely agree with what Neil
Gaiman said in "American Gods" -- you don't ever learn how to write a
novel. You learn how to write the novel your writing.
Such words to live by
and learn from. Never stop learning. Never stop being amazed by other
people's insights. Never stop the creative process or admiring it.
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