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...history? I’ll discuss backstory in a later article. New authors have a tendency to think they need to provide all sorts of background about the major characters at the beginning of the book. That’s not true, and it buries the hook. If this seems to be happening, be sure to let the writer know, especially if nothing grabs you. A True Story Here’s an example of what I mean. My friend Debrah Strait was working on her first book and took the latest d...Read More
...they have to do what they did in high school or college English classes: identify and explain the symbolism in a passage, say, or compare and contrast the use of metaphor with onomatopoeia. Nope! Nope, nope, nope. That’s not what critique or writers’ group feedback is about. It’s about helping the author get better by identifying what worked, what didn’t, and why. How Do You Feel? Let’s start with the easiest thing: how did the piece make you fee...Read More
https://www.rossblampert.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Critique-Technique-Part-4-Authorial-Intentions-and-Tracking-Your-Own-Responses.mp3 I wrote in the previous article about keeping track of how a piece of writing makes you feel when you’re reviewing it. In this post, I was going to explore identifying why it made you feel that way, but I discovered I should introduce another topic first: “Is that what the author wanted me to feel?” Both quest...Read More
...want to wait until you’ve seen more of the book—maybe all of it—before you come to a conclusion. And if you’re the author, it’s vital for you to understand that until you have the whole first draft done, you will not really know where the book should start. You will learn things about your story and your characters in the process of writing that first draft that may well cause you to completely replace the beginning you originally wrote. If you do...Read More
...howing” too much? That is, showing character traits when it would simply be better to tell them? What cues do you use to evaluate how well the author is presenting a character? Add your comments or suggestions in the comments box below. Lots of ways you can share this: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Print More Pinterest Reddit...Read More
...inutes. The full-length version also includes coffee shop owner George Broxton’s comments at the beginning. It runs 29 and 1/2 minutes. This version is also available on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RossBLampert.author/videos/481383622327870. Lots of ways you can share this: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Print More Pinterest Reddit...Read More
...m, good question. OK, it was a first draft, where problems like this are bound to come up. (It’s also possible this antagonist wasn’t the primary one, but if so, that creates a whole different set of problems.) If that antagonist were to stay around for another 200 pages, the protagonist would find himself in more and more trouble. That’s what we want. Mistimed conflict can, of course, be conflict that comes too late, as well, which may be related...Read More
...want her to learn from that mistake or problem or whatever—to change—and become a different person, even if just a little bit different, so that over the course of the entire piece she becomes someone else, the sum or product of all the plusses and minuses of her journey through the story. By the way, if she does not learn the first time, that’s fine. That’ll get her into more trouble. But eventually she needs to learn… or end up dead or a complet...Read More
...minor. It should not be something silly, a sign that you’re struggling to come up with something good to say, like, “Your margins were wonderful.” Your purpose is to not only compliment the writer for something well done but to make them more receptive to what you’re about to tell them. Then you go to the “hard” stuff, the things that did not work, or did not work well. Be sure to explain why they did not, as best you can, and offer suggestions o...Read More
...ly have to absorb one or a few at a time. And with practice, it does get easier. #2: Where did it happen? Be specific! Identify the spot right on the manuscript. Do more than just underline or circle it, though. In your notes in the margin—you DO write margin notes, don’t you?—answer the next two questions. #3: What was the exact nature of the problem? Again, be as specific as possible. WARNING: this requires actually thinking about the writing, n...Read More
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