Critiquing for Maximum Benefit and Minimum Hurt Feelings–part 3 of 7, BONES, BONES WE DIG FOR BONES

Okay. By now you've taken advantage of the Sub It Club Critique Partner Matchup. So it's time to continue our journey toward Critiquing Greatness by looking at another important feature of a manuscript: the bones, or structure. STRUCTURE CHECKLIST Does the story start in the right place? All manuscripts, whether picture books, early chapter or... Continue Reading →

Announcing the Sub It Club Critique Partner Matchup!

As you know, at Sub It Club we're all about submitting well. Getting your worked critiqued is one big step on the road to making that happen. That's why we've created the new Sub It Club CRITIQUE PARTNER MATCHUP group just for you! Requests for manuscript critiques tended to get lost in our feed in the... Continue Reading →

Finding Critique Partners

Our number one rule here at Sub It Club: DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR WORK WITHOUT REVISING. Yes, we have rules. Check them out! https://subitclub.wordpress.com/join-the-club/ I hope this isn’t news to you, but the first draft of your work is not a ready to send out copy. Neither is your second. Revising takes a lot of time.... Continue Reading →

September Contest Roundup

To help you keep track of the available writing contest opportunities, we'll post a list each month of the upcoming contests we've heard about. (If you have an upcoming writing contest that you'd like included on the list, please contact Veronica with the details.) We also have a Writing Contests Pinterest board and a NEW Art... Continue Reading →

A Critique & Chocolate!

Every week in our snazzy WordPress chatroom we'll be featuring one query letter for critique. Where will we get that letter? From our Sub It Club chat members, of course! Here are our guidelines for putting your query in for critique: 1. Query drafts may be sent starting at 8am Friday and ending midnight Sunday. We... Continue Reading →

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