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| Michelle Fayard |
Many of us start crafting stories in secret, unwilling to whisper to another living soul that we’ve taken up writing. I never got strange looks for the simple reason that I kept my writing out of the public view until I sold my first few articles. Michelle Fayard has a wealth of experience in editing and writing and has agreed to share some insights with us. She asks the question,
Should you share your work with others?
I’m careful about whom I let critique my work—not because I want all the crits I receive to be glowing ones but because I want them all to be constructive ones. First, I want to read some manuscripts or books the critiquer has written. Sometimes you’ll run across a person who crits better than they write, but usually if their writing isn’t of the highest caliber, neither will their critique be especially helpful, especially if they don’t write in your genre.
