The hidden value of critiquing

What can you do if your manuscript has a problem you can't pin down?  Simple.  Critique someone else's.

The benefit might not seem obvious, especially when you're busy and it feels like you're wasting time helping someone else, but trust me, you're helping yourself.  Writers are notorious for not being able to edit their own work successfully (let's face it, that's why publishing houses pay editors to work on our stories).  But what you might not know is that the easiest way to find your own h...