Getting Critiques

While this isn't the most fun part of writing, it is a useful tool to move on the way to publishing. (Or, at least, a better final product.)

I got a critique yesterday, as I mentioned, at the SCBWI-Iowa Spring Conference. It wasn't all good, it wasn't all bad, and it held at least one gem from my critique group. I knew they had a point when they brought it up, but I was hoping I'd solved it enough to keep going.

The answer is, I haven't. I need a satisfying resolution to the puzzle. It's not...