Geee, I dunno, Janice.
Like Aunty, I find any and all feedback helpful.
Whether it's a speed-o-light fly-by thumb-up thumbs-down gut reaction, or a line-by-line anaylsis of sound and sense. A punctuation tweak, or the slashing of entire stanzas. A word suggestion, or an A-to-Z rewrite. A grin, a giggle, a pat on the back, or a stern and unmistakable shove in the direction of the nearest rubbish bin.
My favorite, and very likely the most helpful critique ever? One that I received very early on from John Boddie. It started out:
"This piece of doggerel is enough to elicit the gag reflex..."
Ha! Ka-pow! Did I ever work hard after that! In fact, I printed out the crit in its entirety, and kept it taped to my monitor for years!
[This message has been edited by Pua Sandabar (edited August 30, 2008).]
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