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Keep'em talking Dialogue is a crucial element of genre fiction. Literary fiction may have pages of narration with little or no dialogue, but genre fiction moves faster. Dialogue helps give the feeling that something is happening and pages are turning quickly. One reason for that may be that a...

Let's think about what makes a great opening and how we, as critters can make our partner's opening strong. Since we are not actually critiquing anything, pick up the book that you are reading right now and pretend you are critting this author. Start by putting on your reader hat. How does the...

Fiction writing is an art. When we read a book we decide whether it is good or not based on our own subjective taste. Your critiques are going to reflect that subjectivity and good critique partners should go in with the understanding that every comment made is just one person's opinion. But...

This purely a YMMV kind of thing. If you LOVE checklists then this may work for you, if not then no worries! The Completely Optional Critting Checklist Did I mention this is COMPLETELY OPTIONAL....? So, we offer this critting checklist as something that might help you in your critting. Some...

We are all writers at various stages of development. I know I'm still learning and I expect you are too. What do writers do? We draft. I like to think of this as vomiting onto the page (yeah, I know that's gross). I have all these ideas, words, emotions, characters spinning around in my head...

How many of you have stared at the email from your favorite crit partner and friend that contains your critted manuscript with absolute dread? The only thing I know that comes close is the shot of fear when I see the letter from the IRS in my mailbox. I adore my crit partner. She is a dear...