tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post4125411297561601252..comments2024-01-01T11:51:53.860-08:00Comments on Babbles from Scott Eagan: A Lot of Critique is GREAT! If it all is in sync...Scott Eaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209357682070126879noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-58253727440199746212010-11-05T10:35:32.245-07:002010-11-05T10:35:32.245-07:00Awesome post, Scott! Thanks.Awesome post, Scott! Thanks.Martha Ramirezhttp://www.martzbookz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-6864794728239126942010-11-04T14:45:20.531-07:002010-11-04T14:45:20.531-07:00Totally agree with this. I love getting feedback b...Totally agree with this. I love getting feedback but it can complicate things. I remember getting two pieces of feedback a little while ago within a couple of days. They were both well written and made a strong point. To a degree i agreed them both.<br /><br />However there was one problem. the two critiques contradicted one another.<br /><br />Good feedback but they kind of canceled each other out. If i listened to them both that is. I didn't by the way. <br /><br />Like you say, Think! it is the keyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-59004578443452823052010-11-03T12:27:19.319-07:002010-11-03T12:27:19.319-07:00I have a different note to this subject. I called...I have a different note to this subject. I called a book company, like it said to do on line, and told them of my story. The agent asked to see the manuscript and in a couple of weeks they sent me an e-mail of overview- pros- issues and recommendations. Then they told me edit recommendations before they told me and that soon they would have proposal for me. We wrote back and forth for almost a month with the changes I was making for them. What confused me the most was how much they were asking for me to give them to publish this book. <br />Sincerely, Marie :)Marie Fostinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-24447936370933030472010-11-01T19:58:07.943-07:002010-11-01T19:58:07.943-07:00This is unrelated to your blog post but I hope you...This is unrelated to your blog post but I hope you can help.<br /><br />I've read conflicting information on what to do when an agent has a copy of your ms but since sending you've made changes to it. Is it okay to notify them of the changes? Does this irk agents? I'm sure I'm not the only writer to have experienced this.<br /><br />Before you yell at me for sending an ms to an agent in the first place. Know that the ms is complete, was complete at the time. Because an unpublished manuscript is something that can always be improved upon, I did another round of revisions. <br /><br />Thank you for any help or suggestions you can offer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-3262921553661671572010-11-01T16:21:15.089-07:002010-11-01T16:21:15.089-07:00I just wanted to say thanks for the informative po...I just wanted to say thanks for the informative post. Also, I can relate to it. I am in a writing/critique group in my hometown, and everyone that reads it has something different to say. That's the good thing, the bad is, their conflicting comments. It's maddening! One says take this out, flop it this way and it'll read better - and the other says its just awesome! I love this scene. And blah, blah, blah.... <br /><br />What I try to do is to consider each of the opinions, then I think about the people I'm trying to reach with my story. Which comments match my intended audience better? Then I edit, and only then. <br /><br />No writer is going to make everyone happy. That's near impossible. Period. So don't try, and write for your intended and from your heart. :) <br /><br />Thank you again for the great post.Heidi Norrodhttp://www.heidinorrod.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-41180076403530290952010-11-01T12:33:21.746-07:002010-11-01T12:33:21.746-07:00WOW! As always, you have that perfect spark that ...WOW! As always, you have that perfect spark that sets a lesson firmly in my brain. This was wonderful timing for your post and I LOVE the cooking analogy. <br /><br />Off to shred the E.G. judge's notes . . . .Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14259186665975379075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-57479219694004973182010-11-01T08:38:57.939-07:002010-11-01T08:38:57.939-07:00I guess I enter contests for the wrong reasons: I ...I guess I enter contests for the wrong reasons: I want to win and get that reading from the editor or agent at the end of the process. I don't enter for feedback or critiques. As for critiques: I can't have a multitude of suggestions or I go beserk and shut down. I can't determine what suggestions to take. I used to be okay with critiques. Don't know what happened. I'm sort of like a kid who was attacked by a dog. Now...all dogs are alike. Critiques just confuse me. HOWEVER, I will say the best critiques come from those who are willing to read the complete manuscript. That way, they can keep things in their head, see what works and what doesn't with the book as a whole. Those are valuable! Few and far between too.Jessica Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320362797117599955noreply@blogger.com