It’s a Dangling Modifier, You Idiot! from James W. Ziskin

Have you ever been in a critique group and, if so, what was most/least useful to you. Put together your dream critique group?
I’ve never been in a writer’s critique group, and I confess I wouldn’t like to be. I imagine the participants hate/disdain/ridicule their fellow writers’ work, openly or—perhaps—secretly. There’s surely lots of scoffing, pooh-poohing, and downright gagging going on. Unless the critics are too polite to say anything negative at all. Then they just smile a mirthless smile an...