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Workshopping your Story

September 11, 2009

Tags: memoir, short story, workshop

Workshopping is still torture, I think, yet, without it how would we know what works and what doesn't for readers?

It's important to take criticism but it's also important to know when to STOP revising and let the work BE.

Any comments?