'THE "I NEED A NONFICTION ARTICLE CRIT" THREAD (Have an article in SYW? Tell us here.

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I wrote an article for submission for the Just Hit Send challenge. I would really appreciate honest [harsh] crits on it. It's a very important issue with a friend and I. I want it to be powerful and able to really hold attention.

Thanks in advance and if I posted in the wrong place, I'm sorry!

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1378342#post1378342

[i just noticed a couple of problems in it after i posted it. i'll be correcting the run on sentence and over usage of commas, sorry!]
 
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need a crit, please?

Ok, here I am, wading back into the writing waters. And trying to get published to boot. Hope I'm not in too deep. I've posted a possible column for my rl's writing club newsletter in syw. I'd appreciate any and all feedback.

Assuming I did this right, I posted my column here: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1403317#post1403317

Please take a look-see and let me know. Be brutal, I know I said I was wading back into the writing waters, but I can take. Plus, I'd rather ya'll be brutal and tell me what needs to be fixed than to 'hear' that the readers thought it was lacking. Thank you all so much.
 
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Hey gals (and guys, if you're still here) would you mind taking a looksee at this and helping out. I think it still has problems, but I'm not sure what exactly they are. I didn't write this, I've convinced a young lady (Mod35Babe) in Australia (I think) to try nonfiction, and this is her attempt. I'm trying to convince her to come play and enter Joanne's contests, but she hasn't succumbed yet, ya'll might try while your checking out her writing.

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70818

Thanks,
Nita
 
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I recently posted an article in the nonfiction SYW section. I would appreciate any input, as it's the first article I've written in years.

I'm attempting to put my foot down and try my hand at freelance writing, but I have no idea where to query or if this type of article is even query worthy. Oh well, I guess I've written something, and that's the first step. :)

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71119
 

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I am out of the loop or blind. I'd like to offer feedback on query letters and request for feedback, but I don't see where the password is listed to enter... could someone send it to me please? or do i need to register? offer a sacrifice?
 

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It is vista. If you look to your left on the SYW forum, before entering, it should give it there.
 
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ritinrider said:
Hey gals (and guys, if you're still here) would you mind taking a looksee at this and helping out. I think it still has problems, but I'm not sure what exactly they are. I didn't write this, I've convinced a young lady (Mod35Babe) in Australia (I think) to try nonfiction, and this is her attempt. I'm trying to convince her to come play and enter Joanne's contests, but she hasn't succumbed yet, ya'll might try while your checking out her writing.

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70818

Thanks,
Nita
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Lucky I decided to scroll through all the posts because I didn't know this thread was here, so was going to post about my non-fiction attempt and look it's already been posted. Thanks Nita. I'm going to post another attempt I did a while back when I was more or less mucking around and writing because the idea popped into my head, and not because I intended to do anything with it. I'll be sure to post in this thread when I do put my article up.
 
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