Author: Amanda Surowitz
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Advice From the Pros (And How to Take It)
4–7 minutesEditor’s Note: This post has been updated for formatting. For updated thoughts and expanded advice, check out my latest take. Last week, my duties as an intern took me to various classrooms. Several designers were visiting for SCADstyle to give lectures, talk on panels and meet students. I attended the events and shadowed some of…
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Best and Worst of Critique Comments #5
6–9 minutesReflections on a fiction class critique when I submitted an excerpt from an early draft of my novel instead of a traditional short story.
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Best and Worst of Critique Comments #4
5–8 minutesReflections on the critique comments I received for a 500-word short story about an unpleasant fellow who wakes up to find his leg amputated and his wife has left him.
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Best and Worst of Critique Comments #3
5–8 minutesReflecting on a fiction class critique of a medieval-inspired story featuring Maeve, a thief, and her interactions with noble characters. I acknowledge feedback, personal growth, and the balance between confidence and humility in writing.
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The Best and Worst of Critique Comments #2
3–5 minutesEditor’s Note: This post has been updated for formatting and clarity. Some reflective comments were added in 2025. So we had another full-class critique of short stories. This time, the story had to be 500 words (as opposed to the last story, which was 8-10 pages). After some of the comments I received last time,…
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The Best and Worst of Critique Comments
4–6 minutesEditor’s note: This post has been updated for formatting and clarity. Some reflective comments were added in 2025. I finally got to present my short story to my fiction class, and the comments I received were worth the wait. (I had food poisoning the day I was scheduled for critique, so I was in limbo…
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