feedback

Hi Litopians, This week's Huddle will take place on Saturday as usual at 5.00pm UK time (GMT). As ever, you are invited to submit your WiPs for discussion and feedback from Pete and the collective. But not only WiPs. Query letters, book proposals, synopses and blurbs are all welcome. Also...

So, I've been reading a lot of Indie books recently... And by 'reading a lot of indie books' I mean reading the free samples on Amazon, and I am somewhat perturbed. Now, i am not the most confident of people. I lack a self confidence in my writing and general life that many seem to have in...

https://foxprinteditorial.com/2023/07/06/how-writers-revise-joni-b-cole-and-toxic-feedback/

https://foxprinteditorial.com/2025/02/27/editing-revision-and-giving-up-on-a-story/

I decided to make a leftover recipe thread. Here is what `I just made to use up all the bits of cheese left from the cheese board, You can use buttermilk instead off cream. Unless yu are using up cream too. AND I added turkey instead of bacon. After turkey burritos, turkey stirfry, turkey...

New blog post by Rachel McCarron My First Crit Do you remember your first time? Was it exciting? Were you nervous? Did you just want to get it over with? One of the most wonderful of the many wonderful features of the Litopia Colony is The Lab, where writers can go to experiment with their...

New blog post by Claire G – discussions in this thread, please --- The Good There’s so much to love about writing – the excitement of that initial spark of an idea; the stimulation of the challenge to make it work; that feeling you get when you find the perfect word/phrase/sentence/paragraph...

New blog post by Claire G – discussions in this thread, please --- Giving Feedback The title of this post is a sentence that’s often used at the end of a fellow writer’s feedback in the Lab, and I think it’s perfect. The first time I submitted work for critique and someone responded with this...

Alyssa's advice really complements the Litopian method of feedback:

I am new here so not sure about the mode of interaction here. I mostly try my hand at non-fiction and historical or real event based fiction. Big fan of aphorisms and terse writing. I would definitely like to know if this place caters to such kind of writing. Here is a non-fiction sample I...