The Craft: The Benefits of Critiquing Others’ Work

Recently, I was able to critique my old friend, Daniel’s, book while it was in its second draft. So, pretty early on. It was more like being a Beta Reader than doing a critique. He just wanted overall impressions and thoughts, not any line-by-line edits or thoughts. So, I was light on the line edits and heavier on the thoughts about plot, characters, setting, etc. And I think he found it useful.

It was a great experience, just to catch up with his creativity. But it was also great for my writ...