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    Manuscript Feedback That’s Gracious yet Demanding

    January 6, 2014 /
    Manuscript Feedback That's Gracious yet Demanding, The Cultivated Life, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2014/01/06/manuscript-feedback #writing #feedback #manuscript #editorialfeedback ‎
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    In an issue of The Writer’s Chronicle from a few years ago, teacher Catherine Wallace wrote an interesting article on how to solicit manuscript feedback from editors, teachers, classmates, friends, family, whomever. She discussed the dangers of fault-finding criticism while outlining what kind of feedback she believes is most helpful. She argues that caring for a manuscript is not unlike raising children: you must praise them for behaving. Otherwise, fault-finding reverses creative momentum. It drives the writer back to what’s already written instead of onward toward the development of the essential vision and into more useful imaginative energy.

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    The Secret to Writing Good Sentences, Karen Hugg, All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr, https://karenhugg.com/2015/11/21/anthony-doerr #novels #books #fiction #France #Paris #writing #AnthonyDoerr #AlltheLightWeCannotSee

    The Secret to Writing Good Sentences

    November 21, 2015
    Geranium, Why a Novel About a Flower That Makes You Forget? Part 3, Karen Hugg, The Forgetting Flower, https://karenhugg.com/2018/07/27/the-forgetting-flower/ #TheForgettingFlower #flower #novel #book #plants #scents

    Why a Novel About a Flower That Makes You Forget? Part 3

    August 11, 2018
    Don't Write Brilliantly, Just Write, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2011/03/13/dont-write-brilliantly-just-write/ #EatPrayLove #Elizabeth Gilbert #writing #books #writinglife #inspiration

    Don’t Write Brilliantly, Just Write

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Here's an easy Christmas centerpiece you can make with mostly natural stuff, no plastic needed. It's in my latest article for @washingtonpost. Link below. Happy Sunday!
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Leaf Your Troubles Behind by Karen Hugg

Leaf Your Troubles Behind

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