Want to know how to easily find the big plot holes, bad sentences, and sh*tty word choices in your writing or the book you're helping edit? Do the ALL of the following (in no particular order):
1. Read through all the Reasoning With Vampires blog posts:
http://reasoningwithvampires.tumblr.com/
2. Watch all the Charlie Reads Twilight videos and Alex Reads Twilight videos:
Charlie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGVUFrzoUto
Alex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L253VLwH3w
3. Find a piece of writing and read it in a British accent.
Follow these three simple steps, and you'll be a critiquing wizard!
And stepping away from Twilight for a moment, here are other things that really helped me develop my critical eye:
4. Read all the posts on Query Shark:
http://queryshark.blogspot.com/
5. Watch all the Honest Trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/user/screenjunkies
6. Watch all the Everything Wrong With... videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/CinemaSins
If you think I'm joking, I'm not. I'm very serious about this. If you want to learn how to be critical of storytelling and writing, watch the master critics in action. Their cynical voices will get ingrained in your mind, and you'll start applying their criticisms to your own writing without even thinking about it. And you'll get some good laughs out of the process too. :)
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