Good critique is hard to find

Getting good comments on a work-in-process is hard. In part, this is because a) many writers think that only other writers can/will provide useful criticism, b) most people are not writers, and c) people may be very good writers and still be very bad at providing critique.

a) and b) mean that many writers limit their critique-givers to a very small portion of the population (i.e., other writers). Finding writer-critiquers can be hard; finding them in one's own field even harder (while there...