http://geoffnelder.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/108/ Geoff Nelder's blog Tue, 14 May 2013 14:27:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://geoffnelder.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/108/#comment-1151 Thu, 31 May 2007 19:38:39 +0000 http://geoffnelder.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/108/#comment-1151 I’ve been at a couple of in-person critiques where, if you let the writer do that, you’ll be at it all night. One particularly combative fellow comes to mind.

]]> http://geoffnelder.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/108/#comment-1145 Thu, 31 May 2007 17:13:54 +0000 http://geoffnelder.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/108/#comment-1145 I see your point, although I’ve never been told not to argue with the critquer. It’s a bit like writing school reports as a teacher: you should never write something you are not prepared to back up. If a writer asks me why I said something about their work I would glady explain, and I’d change my view if the writer showed me an angle I’d missed.

]]> http://geoffnelder.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/108/#comment-1140 Thu, 31 May 2007 16:11:17 +0000 http://geoffnelder.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/108/#comment-1140 Part of the “no reply” is that writers, especially those who’ve ever done an in-person critique, are told not to “argue” with the critiquer. The other part of that is people who’ve never been critiqued are irritated by the responses, even the helpful ones.

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