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Types of critique
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elissadcruz on The Different Types of Critiquers, the strengths and the weaknesses of both. It's helpful to know not only what kind of critiquer you are, but to recognize what kind of critique you're getting, and where that person is coming from. I'd like to think I was the fourth type, although after years of proof-reading it's impossible not to notice typoes. I don't really think of it as critiquing, more like house-keeping. The difference between washing-up and deciding what colour to paint the kitchen.
The third type of critique used to drive me nuts. Do I care whether I've got a minor detail wrong? Not one bit. It's fiction. It's made up. At the same time I know that this is simply a cover for the fact that I'm a lazy researcher and would rather just invent things instead.
elissadcruz on The Different Types of Critiquers, the strengths and the weaknesses of both. It's helpful to know not only what kind of critiquer you are, but to recognize what kind of critique you're getting, and where that person is coming from. I'd like to think I was the fourth type, although after years of proof-reading it's impossible not to notice typoes. I don't really think of it as critiquing, more like house-keeping. The difference between washing-up and deciding what colour to paint the kitchen. The third type of critique used to drive me nuts. Do I care whether I've got a minor detail wrong? Not one bit. It's fiction. It's made up. At the same time I know that this is simply a cover for the fact that I'm a lazy researcher and would rather just invent things instead.
