May 20, 2010 | A Royale Pain,Book One,Draven Atreides,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,How coolio is THAT?,Life in General,Random Thoughts,The 4-1-1 on Me,Writer Moment
On YALITCHAT, I submitted the first 25 pages of DA Book 1 for teen review. 3 responses so far and the feedback has been great. The best part is that one of the reviewers was a guy.
“…Through the whole story I just kept thinking. “Duuuuuude, I would love to read this book, it’s awesome!” I love how the Draven can relate to girls and guys (in a sense). Her life just seems exciting with even a few real details that some kids have gone through…”
Totally made my night.
What I’m loving about this group is that I’m not just getting a small paragraph on what the reviewer thought. I’m getting serious feedback. Feedback that could amount to a 1 or 2 pages worth of suggestions/comments, etc: what could be changed, what doesn’t make sense, what could be added. I LOVE it. These teens are serious about their reading and it shows in their comments. I wish I could submit more, but at least I know I’m off to a good start.
It’s been professionally edited and looked over by beta readers. Now I just have to insert all the feedback.
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Wen Prior says:
Oh that group sounds fantastic? I only have two real teens to read mine and they’re my daughter and her boyfriend. She seems to feel obliged to be absolutely brutal and he seems to feel obliged to be incredibly nice. Either way, it’s not that much help!
And Draven is fantabulous! I can’t wait til you’re all finished