http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/2009/10/dont-monkey-with-critiques/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:54:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/2009/10/dont-monkey-with-critiques/#comment-1473 L.E. Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:43:03 +0000 http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/?p=252#comment-1473 I agree with you, S. But I also believe in the power of repettion, so I continue to persuade the writer with comments such as "to get the reader's attention" and things of the like. I also repeat the same tip and I'm annoying. People who submit their work for others to review should a) get honest and helpful feedback and b) improve so they won't kill the rest of us! I agree with you, S. But I also believe in the power of repettion, so I continue to persuade the writer with comments such as “to get the reader’s attention” and things of the like. I also repeat the same tip and I’m annoying. People who submit their work for others to review should a) get honest and helpful feedback and b) improve so they won’t kill the rest of us!

]]> http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/2009/10/dont-monkey-with-critiques/#comment-1108 S Edentatus Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:17:30 +0000 http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/?p=252#comment-1108 On websites where I am not assigned a work to review or critique, I do a line by line critique of one paragraph and drop it. I'm not going to torture myself if not required. When a critique of the entire work is required, I slog through as much as I can, leaving detailed in-line comments while I try to avoid being sarcastic. I have considered doing only a couple of paragraphs in that manner, on the theory that if they don't learn from a few good examples, they aren't going to learn from a truckload of them. On websites where I am not assigned a work to review or critique, I do a line by line critique of one paragraph and drop it. I’m not going to torture myself if not required. When a critique of the entire work is required, I slog through as much as I can, leaving detailed in-line comments while I try to avoid being sarcastic. I have considered doing only a couple of paragraphs in that manner, on the theory that if they don’t learn from a few good examples, they aren’t going to learn from a truckload of them.

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