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Getting Feedback
Overview I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a while (since I wrote the How to Give Feedback post) but a recent discussion on a writing list decided the issue for me. The writers were talking about the feedback they have received from editors (re: rejection letters) and how sometimes they would receive contradictory advice. i.e., story goes to Editor A and they say Great plot but your characters were uninteresting. Please don’t send us stories anymore. And then the same story is sent to another Editor Brilliant characterization, I really cared about John, Jane, and Apple, but your plot… it wasn’t there. Sorry. Try again. Yep, people have…