Writer Rites Blog

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Giving and receiving notes

Whether you’re part of a writers group or swapping scripts with another writer, here are some tips on giving and getting notes.

Where to get feedback on your script

Getting your work read and reading others is one of the important next steps in your development as a writer. 

And while the temptation can be to try to thrust your script/pdf into the hand/inbox of anyone who’ll read it, it’s important to think about your feedback goals before you even choose your reader.

Knowing what you want and need – an essential part of the notes process

Your goal in getting feedback on your script can change during the writing process. 

There are different approaches and benefits at different stages.  Having a sense of when to share, and what questions to have in mind when you are sharing can be a useful way of ensuring that the feedback process helps and doesn’t…

I will not start a ‘not writing’ podcast*

Daily pages make such a difference to the way I approach my writing. A liminal space between journalling, brainstorming, outlining and freewriting – at best. At worst, a daily reflection on the things that I am not doing. I went back over some of my pages for the past couple of years, and the central…