I have maybe two or three albums that I can honestly say I like in their entirety. Most of the albums that I own have a few good songs, but there’s always that one song (or two, or seven) that gets skipped any time I hear its opening chords. Even with albums by artists that [...]

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Last time, we talked about the importance of getting your work critiqued . Hopefully, you have taken that first step — but now, you may be wondering what to do now that your work is all marked up. The next step is revision — by which, I don’t mean changing a word [...]

The purpose of getting critiqued is not to get meaningless flattery; you need to use it as a tool to get honest, helpful feedback so that you can find out what’s working and what isn’t.