September 3, 2010
This week’s critique I prepared for Heather Condiff, author of the blog FRIVOLOUS INDECISION, who wanted some help with her elevator pitch. Much like Heather, the pitch itself has nice energy to it that buoys the reader. She’s a busy woman with lots of responsibilities and a desire to keep her life balanced with the [...]
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August 27, 2010
Today’s piece isn’t what I envisioned when I invited writers to send us a page for critique. I expected a query letter, a synopsis, maybe even a scorching flame-to-the-editor. What I got was an existential, quarter-life crisis, stream-of-consciousness blog post. Whew! Still, our stated mission is to help the writer clarify the message. I rolled [...]
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