So I finally found a critical reading group.

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19. I'm glad you found a group!

I've found two critique groups, but they meet on the same day & too close to the same time to go to both, so I go to the one that is smaller.

I have put my work up for critique four times now & I can't tell you how helpful it has been! I had one critique that was difficult. They told me the chapter was intriguing but not believable. I was crushed. What good is a story that isn't believable? But then one woman told me, "You can fix a believably issue, but not everyone can fix a boring story."

The other part of a critique group is critiquing someone else's work. It's hard when it's a genre you aren't into & even harder when the writing is bad. There is a member in our group who is prolific but his stuff stinks! The writing is so bad I have to search for good things to say so I don't sound too harsh.