by Denise Vega | March 24, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
On March 13 I talked about how I gather and compile feedback I receive from my critique group, the Wild Writers. Today I want to share the next steps I take. Before I actually open up the document to begin working, this is what I do–not necessarily in this...
by Denise Vega | March 13, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
On March 6 I talked about my best practices when it comes to receiving feedback during critique group discussions. Today I want to explain my process for pulling all of the comments together in a way that is useful to me and my famous pea brain :-). Keeping in mind...
by Denise Vega | March 6, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
On February 3 I wrote about sending my young adult novel (the one that took me about three years to write) off to my group. So last Friday we got together to discuss it. Now, this can be a daunting prospect because we have some very astute writers in the group and...
by Denise Vega | October 18, 2012 | Writer Tips & Tools
I belong to 2 1/2 critique groups. I know–crazy, but not really. Group #1 is an in-person group that meets once a month. I’ve been in that group for over 10 years. This is the group that helps shape my novels. Group #2 is an online group that looks at my...
