D.A. Reed

About Deborah Reed

D.A. Reed writes young adult novels—from page-turning thrillers to stories based on challenges children and adults face every day.

Advice and Criticism

By |2020-05-11T15:22:06-04:00March 30th, 2020|Categories: Tips & Tricks|Tags: , , , |

When do we take the advice and (constructive) criticism and when do we say - "This is my story, and this is how it will stay?" It's hard to hear someone tear apart your "baby." In July 2019, one of my editors sent me a review of novel I was working on. It left me in tears, ready to shelve the story and never look back. I licked my wounds for three days. Then I decided I wasn't going to take the easy way out.

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