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I don't know if I'm allowed to post in this thread or not, being a newbie and all, but I just wanted to thank everyone in this thread. I'm a complete beginner when it comes to critiquing someone else's work, so I pulled out my notebook and I've written down some key points. All this will really help me a lot, and it gave me a bit of insight into my own writing too, I'm sure that I'll try harder to consider all of this in future whenever I write something. I'm so glad that I found this forum.

Welcome to the site. I never wrote a critique until I joined up. I started by reading entire threads where the OP edited their work, trying to understand the various comments and why the OP agreed with or rejected the suggestions offered.

Don't forget that just as we are sometimes lacking in own work, sometimes our critiques are less than stellar, or just plain off. That's okay, we're all here to learn and if you never post you'll never know.

Hope you enjoy the site.