On Critique Responses

This is an open note to everyone I do a critique for:

This is a chance for both of us to improve our abilities to critically evaluate writing. For me, it is a chance to criticize new fiction and give me both an insight into evaluating my own work, and (with luck) a chance to create a portfolio of critiques that proves that I would make a good editor.

Since this is on my blog, though, it gives you, the writer, a chance to critically evaluate opinions about your work. So, feel free to make my critique a dialogue. Want to argue with me about a specific point? Do it. You can't do this with a real editor, and you can't really get away with it at peer critique boards - but you can, and should, here.

All I ask for is civility, and in return, I'll give you as much running dialogue on your work and on my critique as you want. Because that helps both of us.