Books

Maybe you’ve decided that you really need to get some feedback on your writing. Or maybe you’re getting feedback but it doesn’t seem to be helping and you’re looking for something better. Or maybe you actually want to help other…

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No matter what kind of critique relationship you enter into—working with an editor, joining an in-person or online group or site, or taking a creative writing class or course—you’re going to be expected to give feedback on other writers’ work…

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If you’ve ever reviewed a story or article where the author was struggling with the mechanics of written English, left you confused about the piece’s place and time, or overwhelmed with details, Mechanics, Narrative, and Description is for you. In…

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What is a story about? What are the events its characters experience during the course of the story? Do those events flow in a logical, easy-to-follow sequence? These are the kinds of questions Theme, Plot, and Structure examines in detail,…

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Without characters, there is no story. But are the characters in a story rounded and “human,” even if they’re aliens or animals, or are they little more than stick figures? Do they grow and change as the story progresses? When…

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For many prose writers, being asked to critique a poem is almost a terrifying experience. “What if I don’t understand the poem?” they worry. “Of what if I get it wrong, whatever that means? I can’t tell the difference between…

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