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Writing Habits and PracticesWriting Mistakes Writers Make: Believing Naysayers

The Writer’s Digest team has witnessed many writing mistakes over the years, so this series helps identify them for other writers (along with correction strategies). This week’s mistake is believing naysayers, whether they’re family or professionals.

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Self-PublishingManuscript Rejection Feedback: 3 Critiques to Heed (and 2 to Ignore)Caroline Woods
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Guest Post4 Steps to Useful Critiques: The Lerman MethodWolf Pascoe

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