[Stylist] About Critique in an email list like this one

[Chris Kuell]

Hi Jackie Lee,

Obviously you aren't alone in not reading it. No worries.

Sorry, but I can't help you with that. In the past people have critiqued my
work using the review/revise stuff in Microsoft word, and it's been useless
to me. Others may know how to manage it, but I don't. 
In the group I belong to, the general critiquing method is the same as I do
when I critique in this group. We cut and paste the sentence or section that
needs revision into a new document (for instance, November critiques) then
use a dash and detail the change that needs to be made. This seems to work
well for everyone, and not just me.

For example:

Trump's public shaming of a rape victim is noting short of reprehensible.
But then again, what can you expect from a president with the moral compass
equivalent of a bucket of terds? - noting should be 'nothing' and terd is
spelled with a u, 't u r d' 

Hope that helps.

Chris
  

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Chris,
I have not read your piece yet. I have saved it and I will get to it.
I have questions. Do all in your critique group use the Review mode to make
their comments? I have been working with an editor who wants me to use it,
and even my teacher from the Center for the Blind could not figure it all
out. He does not know the JAWS quick keys.
Do you by chance have all of the directions for using that mode?
This is one reason I find it almost impossible to critique the long stories
that sometimes appear on this list.
 I do recall your time-consuming responses to some where you do give
specific suggestions without using that mode.
Thanks for any help you can offer

Jacqueline Williams

Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.
     Jenny Xie

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Hi Sharon,

Thanks for reading and commenting on my excerpted chapter.

I've belonged to an online critique group for about 16 years now. There are
between 6 and 8 of us (people sometimes come and go) and we submit a chapter
or short story or essay every 6 weeks, and everybody in the group sends back
their comments and suggestions.Only one member has been traditionally
published, and in my opinion she's not the best writer and certainly not the
best critique. But everybody brings a different perspective and we all help
each other. And as a side note, one of our members lives in Indiana, I've
never met him, but watched him on Jeopardy! Last june when he won 3 nights
in a row and got $80,000!

I think you can post anything for a critique here, or ask any questions you
like. Just don't expect an overwhelming response. More people ask for help
here than give it.

Chris
  


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