Other sites like Fiction Bitch?

Khalad — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:19:07 -0800

Show me the way to other writing critique web sites, where there are red-lined drafts of writing samples, or even better, rewrites of less-than-stellar writing. greb's thread reminded me of the dearly departed Fiction Bitch, whose site seems to be gone. She was a professional editor who spent time going over short stories submitted by her site visitors. She would comment on them, mark up gaffes, suggest improvements, etc. It was particularly nice because she didn't just savage the schlock but also pointed out the parts she really liked, even in otherwise awful stories.

I would love to see other sites like this. There are lots of sites with writing tips but not so many with fleshed out writing samples, particularly ones that weren't just cooked up to prove a point.

Bonus points if you can point out ones where full rewrites are demonstrated. Identifying problems is nice, but showing how to do it "right" is even better. And if the rewrites are substantially different, where they offer more than just incremental improvement, you'll make my day.

(I love the difference between "Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out." and "You must kill all your darlings.")

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