Ed Simnett
Full Member
I was trying to come up with a way of thinking about (too much) well meaning but not always on point feedback. Especially prevalent when you submit to a competition and the poor readers have to come up with something to say in their feedback...
A quiver of bromides
Proposed definition:
Readily-available, overused writing critiques that certain reviewers always seem to have at hand, ready to fire at unsuspecting authors. Show don't tell! no adjectives! no exposition! no prologue! protagonist lacks agency! No likable characters!
A quiver of bromides
Proposed definition:
Readily-available, overused writing critiques that certain reviewers always seem to have at hand, ready to fire at unsuspecting authors. Show don't tell! no adjectives! no exposition! no prologue! protagonist lacks agency! No likable characters!