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The Best and Worst of Critique Comments #2
Read more: The Best and Worst of Critique Comments #2Editor’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…
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The Best and Worst of Critique Comments
Read more: The Best and Worst of Critique CommentsEditor’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…
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Amanda is a writer and artist currently based outside Greensboro, NC. Her background includes journalism and digital content strategy, with published nonfiction spanning food, travel, and business profiles. Her fiction features characters who follow their own codes, blurring the lines between good guys who do bad things and bad guys who do good things.
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