In the words of the great Stephen King, "opening the door" too early or too frequently can be dangerous. You do not want to divulge all the details of the story or novel and ruin it just yet. The reader alter the author's way of writing and possibly ruin the whole project. The stage in which you should seek feedback from an outside source is I believe, the end. The feedback is critical to the novel and author, so they can go back to make amends.
When the time is right and you do "open the door", you don't just hand out your book to anyone. The project should be handed to people you consider very close to you. which should be immediate family mostly and your best friend. You can trust them because they are close to you and they will be honest. That is exactly what you are looking from them, brutal honesty. It might kill your dreams, but in the long run you will benefit from it.
I think timing is everything when asking someone to read over something for you, but do you think peoples judgments towards your writing will influence you in the longrun?
ReplyDelete@Brandon That's kind of a yes and a no. Yes, because being judged harshly would make me rethink my whole approach altogether. No,because if it is good criticism then iw would not change my style.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. Family and friends will give great criticism. But don't you think letting one random stranger who's interested in the type of genre you wrote read it and then have them give you some feedback? Just in case your family tells you it's good only because they love you and don't want to crush your dreams
ReplyDelete@Amanda True, I did not think about it that way. Thamks for shedding some light on it.
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