by Margot Lester | Writing/How to Write
A lot of memoir writers ask friends and family to read their work along the way. And that's great. I'm all for getting audience feedback. But most of the memoirists I talk to say the comments aren't super helpful. Here's how to get better insights from the people...
by Margot Lester | Process, Writing/How to Write
When we ask “let me know what you think about this”, the reviewer tells us what’s important to *them* or makes corrections because they don’t know what we need. Take control of the revision and review processes by asking for the feedback that produces a better piece...
by Margot Lester | Content & Content Operations
I'm going to keep this short. If your approach to giving feedback is to couch your directives and desires as questions, you're hurting yourself and adding time to the process.* If you want content producers to add, change, delete, rethink -- whatever -- tell them to...
by Margot Lester | Best Practice, Content & Content Operations, Writing/How to Write
I've long said feedback is more about the person giving it than the person getting it. At least that's what I need to believe to explain why so much of the commentary we get on our writing is unactionable. The things that makes this so hard is that bad feedback is...
