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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1822372" data-attributes="member: 5171">Had a good critique session last night.&nbsp; It gave me some solid pointers on the novel (two scenes in particular that everyone hated), and people really seemed to enjoy it, which is, y'know, always nice.&nbsp; Am now feeling more confident of having this guy out the door quickly, so that I can get to the next novel.&nbsp; With luck, I'll have this guy out the door by the end of the year.&nbsp; (The crits from just about everyone basically boiled down to &quot;Cut this scene, fix THAT scene, add a map, and shorten it (which I'd already planned to do).)Having the good critique reminded me of, well, good critiques.&nbsp; A bad crit group can hurt your confidence or try to get you to write the novel that they would want, rather than the one you want to write.&nbsp; But a good crit group can help you write your best possible novel.&nbsp; If the Forward Motion website has a crit group in it, that's one option, but you might consider others as well.Anyway, luck to all!&nbsp; Can't wait to hear how it goes!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="takyris, post: 1822372, member: 5171"] Had a good critique session last night. It gave me some solid pointers on the novel (two scenes in particular that [b]everyone[/b] hated), and people really seemed to enjoy it, which is, y'know, always nice. Am now feeling more confident of having this guy out the door quickly, so that I can get to the next novel. With luck, I'll have this guy out the door by the end of the year. (The crits from just about everyone basically boiled down to "Cut this scene, fix THAT scene, add a map, and shorten it (which I'd already planned to do).) Having the good critique reminded me of, well, good critiques. A bad crit group can hurt your confidence or try to get you to write the novel that they would want, rather than the one you want to write. But a good crit group can help you write your best possible novel. If the Forward Motion website has a crit group in it, that's one option, but you might consider others as well. Anyway, luck to all! Can't wait to hear how it goes! [/QUOTE]

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