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We all hate the critic in our heads. You know the one—talks with a nasal British accent, uses words like “deluded numbskull” and “insufferable incompetent,” and never fails to announce that your latest story is tripe. This critic of ours never seems to have a good word to say and is always running us down. So, naturally, we try to block him out as much as possible. But what if we were to actually give him permission to speak every now and then? What if his grumblings and mumblings had something of benefit to offer us?
Story by K.M. Weiland
I like your thinking. Personally I do both (writing and reviewing) so it's an interesting exercise to do. Would give a interesting perspective to a work I'm having hard time gaining any form of perspective on. Takes balls to do it, even more to propose to do it. I like your style, Mrs. Weiland.
Being hard on ourselves is never fun, and the discomfort only increases when we push ourselves to be as incisive in our criticism as we can. But the insight we can gain is definitely worth the pain. Thanks for reading!
This is a good exercise and will probably help to weed out lots of problems in one's WIP
And anything that weeds out problems is always a good thing!
It would be fun to use the bad review as an opportunity to mock the goons who normally write bad reviews. A lot of them never even seem to have seen the book they're reviewing, let alone read it.
Yes! Good catharsis and good preparation for the inevitable bad reviews, both.