 Noticing Newbies: December 04, 2019 Issue [#9895] |
This week: Reviewing On WDC Edited by: JACE  
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Hi, I'm JACE .
Welcome to this issue of the Noticing Newbies newsletter. Join me as I take you into some nooks and crannies of Writing.Com that you may not have found time to check out yet. This newsletter is about and for you. And for you seasoned members, I hope you'll find something you can take from my ramblings. 
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I'd venture to say that fewer topics have had more articles written about them on this site than the subject of reviewing. Obviously every facet of writing--crafting a storyline, creating meaningful characters, ensuring your grammar is correct, editing your work, and even publishing your story--is important.
Generally I like what I write ... at least my so-called finished version. While I can be a mite critical about my work, I also realize I have a bit of tunnel vision about it. It's something about not seeing the forest for the trees. I know what I'm trying to say. And since I do, I don't really know if a reader knows. I need help. I need a review.
Typing "reviewing" in the Search box for all of WDC will return more than 550 items from to (at least at the point I was writing this newsletter). Personal essays about reviewing have been written by hundreds, if not thousands of members. Check out some of these 500-plus items. Or, peruse the portfolios of members you feel write good reviews. Most likely they have written down their thoughts on reviewing.
You can find a plethora of reviewing topics in the Navigation menu. For example, under:
Community:
Read & Review
Please Review
Public Reviews
Review Forums
Request a Review
Authors:
Most Credited Reviewers
Most Active Reviewers
Most Active Raters
Reviewers:
The same three categories as Authors above, plus:
Most Active Reviewing Groups
Items to Review
About Reviewing
Genre:
Reviewing
Writing Resources:
Reviewing Handbook
Read & Review:
Take a few moments and check out each section. See if you can find something that will help your writing journey.
I submit that another set of eyes looking over your work can only help you. Just remember, a review is just one person's opinion at that point in time. Reading the same offering later might reveal something else to the reviewer he or she didn't see before. Of course, you are ALWAYS free to accept or reject that person's opinion. Use what you will to enhance your work.
Reading other members' works and reviewing them is also a great way to improve your own writing. You'll want to set forth a cogent and concise summary of your thoughts of the author's work ensuring your grammar and spelling are correct. Each review you write will enhance your own writing techniques.
Best of luck with all your writing endeavors.
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Check out these Newbies (I've selected folks who have filled out their Biography or something in their Bio-Block). Take a moment to review something in their Port ... or just say hi.
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Thanks for spending time with me today. If you liked what you read (or if you didn't), please take time and drop me a line. I'd love to hear your ideas.
From the newsfeed and mailbag:
From Mikibits  : I've hired a number of nimble wombats, equipped with small nets to capture ideas out in the wild and bring them back to me. Admittedly they eat most of them, but irrationally fear the particularly feisty ones, which are what I like best.
Oh, wait. That was just a random idea that flew into my net just now when I wasn't looking. Sorry.
LOL. It sounds like you have no trouble finding ideas.
From Rollie : Unfortunately from my past incidents.
Hopefully some are happy incidents too.
From shepherd46: I get my writing ideas from my environment, what I see on TV, what I read and conversations I have with people I meet in restaurants, the hospital or my imagination....which often runs wild.
That's often how I roll.
From jdennis01jaj: I try to clear my mind first. It's usually empty anyway. Then I grab the first thought to creep in and build an image from it. A deserted meadow. I zoom in on the grass sweeping the bottom of my camera as I swoop across the field. I halt in mid flight, hovering over the body of a young woman partially cloaked by the long, bowed stems of grass still waving in the breeze. She lays there with her arms contorted in a painful pose motionless, silent, eyes fixed and staring into nothing. Everything else just falls into place. From there it's a matter of questions: Who is she? What happened to her? Was she murdered or was there an accident or maybe an attack by a mysterious beast...
At least you can clear your mind. I have trouble clearing mine. 
From Jacqueline  : Most of my ideas come from writing prompts. But most times a character pops into my head. I have tried people watching, but I never know what to write in my note book.
Ah, a notebook. I'm sold on writing down ideas as soon as they occur to me.
From hbk16: These are some good sources on how to get inspired and to write in a specific subject. From our daily life to the internet, author gets a myriad of ideas for writing indeed. Good!
Write on!
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