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Critiquing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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SpecFicWriters is primarily a critiquing group. It’s a skill like any other and must be learned. Developed. Practiced. We become better writers when we critique our fellow writers’ work and when they critique ours. It’s a great trade. At least, that’s the theory. Let’s look at The Good, The Bad, …

Yin and Yang of Critique

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Literary criticism and critique are overlapping terms. Criticism means to negatively criticize a work. On the other hand, critique is intended to express a judgement about a work, both negative and positive, the yin and yang. In Chinese philosophy the terms describe opposite but interconnected forces and both are essential. …