Hello everyone! First time poster long time stalker. I wanted to begin by saying please forgive any typos as I'm writing this from my iphone. Second, I love this board and the supportive community that has formed here. Now with all the ass kissing out of the way on to my actual question:
I've been writing for awhile, taken numerous creative writing, screenwriting and filmmaking classes but I've drifted away from my creative peers over the years (to the point where I've moved 2 states away). So currently I only have friends who are not in the business to read my current work and rewrites. I was just curious to what questions do you all ask them for feedback? I usually ask "so what do you think?" And get the standard "I liked it" so I started asking them to tell me what they didn't like about it? Could you picture it while you read it? What would you change? What didn't make sense? Did you notice anything inaccurate?
Is this a good strategy and what are some other questions that I should be asking that would actually help or justify a rewrite?
Thank you in advance,
Kerry
I've been writing for awhile, taken numerous creative writing, screenwriting and filmmaking classes but I've drifted away from my creative peers over the years (to the point where I've moved 2 states away). So currently I only have friends who are not in the business to read my current work and rewrites. I was just curious to what questions do you all ask them for feedback? I usually ask "so what do you think?" And get the standard "I liked it" so I started asking them to tell me what they didn't like about it? Could you picture it while you read it? What would you change? What didn't make sense? Did you notice anything inaccurate?
Is this a good strategy and what are some other questions that I should be asking that would actually help or justify a rewrite?
Thank you in advance,
Kerry
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