I recently caught the movie Jumper on cable (2008) — a bit of Hollywood fluff. One of those movies you tell people to wait for it to come out on DVD. Then out of curiosity, I picked up the novel used as the basis for the movie screenplay, Jumper by Steven Gould. Actually, the word […]
Archive for February, 2012
A Good Critic Is Hard To Find
Posted: 7th February 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Novel, Publishing, UncategorizedTags: critique, editing, feedback, Inker War, novel, revising, Richard Hacker, writing, writing groups
One of the things many writers will tell you is just how difficult it can be to get good, objective feedback on your writing. We go to workshops, critique groups, editors, readers and others, looking for some feedback. Is the writing clear? Do you get a good sense of the protagonist/antagonist? Is the primary plot […]
