Kim Chance asked Sarah Dessen:

Hi Sarah! What do you do when you get negative critique from a critique partner or editor? How do you know whether to make the changes or go with your original vision. Thanks! :)

Sarah Dessen I don't have critique partners, but I really, really trust my editor. By the time she gets my manuscript, I've done all I can to it and have lost perspective. I am desperate for another point of view! (I don't let anyone read my books as I'm writing them, and I don't talk about them with anyone, either. That's a holdover from college, where I wrote my first novel and felt I had constant feedback that didn't help me.) If she makes a suggestion I REALLY don't agree with (which is rare) we talk it out and I've stood my ground on things that really matter to me. But more often than not, she's right. I trust her, which is crucial. All we both want is the best book possible.

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