tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927342525988890809.post636122048831896056..comments2023-09-05T12:58:56.044-05:00Comments on Mary Baader Kaley (is) Not an Editor: Sampling of CritiquersMarybkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013291291298167627noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927342525988890809.post-52540515513000800912011-03-22T13:26:55.215-05:002011-03-22T13:26:55.215-05:00Point well taken, Girl Friday. Sometimes, you'...Point well taken, Girl Friday. Sometimes, you'll get conflicting feedback from several crit partners.Marybkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013291291298167627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927342525988890809.post-58458924666116861372011-03-22T10:39:51.489-05:002011-03-22T10:39:51.489-05:00I'm quite new to this, but my MS is out with s...I'm quite new to this, but my MS is out with six betas at the moment. As long as you know which advice to listen to and which to ignore, I think the more the merrier. I agree that ten seems a good number.Tatum Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074228011847976820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927342525988890809.post-56201329012423072732011-03-22T08:18:57.058-05:002011-03-22T08:18:57.058-05:00Marewolf, I agree with you. Don't rush the cri...Marewolf, I agree with you. Don't rush the critique/beta process. I might even divide it down into three sections if possible, with two sets of big-picture people just to make sure you've got that covered.Marybkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013291291298167627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927342525988890809.post-15922574122083461202011-03-22T08:12:25.729-05:002011-03-22T08:12:25.729-05:00Hmmm...I've beta'd for 4 peeps in the last...Hmmm...I've beta'd for 4 peeps in the last six months or so (including you, my lovely ;)), so once I have finished and polished my WiP to the best of my abilities, I would send it to them for review.<br /><br />I'm definitely going to try and garner more critiquer's before I finish my WiP. I think 10 is a pretty good number.<br /><br />What I would probably do (instead of sending it out to all 10 peeps at once) is send it to maybe five. Take the notes, change what you need to, and then with those revisions send it to the last five.<br /><br />If it were possible, I would try and send the first issue to five people who look at the big stuff: plot holes, character arc, themes, ya know. Then the last five would be to people who look at the smaller stuff. Does that make sense?<br /><br />I don't know if that would work out well, but it sounds like a good idea in my head. :)Mary Framehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788741094016287877noreply@blogger.com