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Besides the ever-helpful Query Letter/Synopsis forum, how do you find SYW beneficial? How do you use it?
In my own case, I post a chapter, or a section of a chapter, that I'm having some trouble with. If I've posted it in SYW, that means I've already gone over it, rewritten it, but now have some trouble or doubts and need a second opinion, someone to say "nobody talks like this" or "this doesn't work at all."
I know some people will hop in and post "i just wrote this see what u think" and present a rambling first draft. Others post something so perfectly polished that nothing can improve it (not me!). I think others might be searching for praise or something that can substantiate what they think is excellent writing, but in fact it needs a lot of work and they don't really want to hear that.
Whenever I post something, I hope to benefit from all the criticism I can get, but sometimes posted comments will just blindside me and force me to think about that section before I can post a follow up comment, which usually ends up agreeing with the critique.
And always, the posted comments help me rewrite the section into something much better.
What about you? How does SYW work for you?
In my own case, I post a chapter, or a section of a chapter, that I'm having some trouble with. If I've posted it in SYW, that means I've already gone over it, rewritten it, but now have some trouble or doubts and need a second opinion, someone to say "nobody talks like this" or "this doesn't work at all."
I know some people will hop in and post "i just wrote this see what u think" and present a rambling first draft. Others post something so perfectly polished that nothing can improve it (not me!). I think others might be searching for praise or something that can substantiate what they think is excellent writing, but in fact it needs a lot of work and they don't really want to hear that.
Whenever I post something, I hope to benefit from all the criticism I can get, but sometimes posted comments will just blindside me and force me to think about that section before I can post a follow up comment, which usually ends up agreeing with the critique.
And always, the posted comments help me rewrite the section into something much better.
What about you? How does SYW work for you?