tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179114314622312316.post2724050440656194882..comments2023-10-20T04:16:05.401-05:00Comments on Char's Book Reviews and Writing News: Check for Logical FlawsCharlotte Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336641340221491792noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179114314622312316.post-16387601130049630092008-11-02T05:41:00.000-06:002008-11-02T05:41:00.000-06:00Marin,How wonderful for you! How in the world did ...Marin,<BR/>How wonderful for you! How in the world did you convice friends to share their critical thoughts with you? Our friends include engineers, teachers, technical writers...all sorts of educated, professional people who love to read. We've asked for critical feed back from at least ten of them. All but one accepted the challenge. Of those, only one was really willing to throw darts. The rest offered a few comments each - usually about typos that MS Word doesn't catch. We shared our thoughts and feelings about this with one member of the gang and she responded by sending the draft off to a friend of her's. A guy who didn't know us. His copy came back with a slew of very helpful comments. <BR/><BR/>There is an up-side. The friend who knew from the get-go that she would not be comfortable criticizing her friends' writing - she was first in line at the bookstore and picked up FIVE copies:-).Charlotte Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09336641340221491792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179114314622312316.post-61857660542429565752008-10-22T18:08:00.000-05:002008-10-22T18:08:00.000-05:00I have 3 close peeps that I use as trusted qualifi...I have 3 close peeps that I use as trusted qualified honest and candid readers of my ms's. They are all extremely well read in all genres, have degrees is English and/or literature, and are my entrusted posse when I'm about to start submitting a new work to agents and pub houses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com