CP Match Critique Styles & Strengths
A Critique Style is how you like to critique, like in-line track changes or an edit letter. A Critique Strength is things you’re good at as a CP, like dialogue or plot.
Here are our definitions:
Critique Styles
Accountability Partner
This CP will ask how your work is going, do some (gentle) nagging, and cheer when you finish things!
Back-and-forth Discussion
This CP works well with live, real-time interaction like phone calls or chats.
Blunt Truth
This CP doesn’t sugar-coat, but they’re always honest.
Brainstorming/Plotting
Sometimes you need someone to bounce ideas off of. This CP will talk through ideas, ask questions, and read outlines before drafting starts.
Chapter-by-Chapter
This CP will go through work a chapter at a time to make sure each one shines. Ideal for regularly swapping work.
Editorial Letter
This CP will provide a multi-paragraph letter after reading, similar to what an agent or editor would provide.
Line Edits
This CP will go line-by-line looking for ways to improve the words.
Positive Gushing
This CP is your cheerleader–they love your work and they will tell you!
Sandwich Critique
This CP provides a positive note on either side of a critical note, so you start and end with something to feel good about.
Track Changes in Document
This CP will make notes in a Word, Pages or Google Doc using the Tracking functionality.
Whole MS Reads
This CP is game to read an entire manuscript at once.
Critique Strengths
Big Picture
This CP looks at the forest instead of the trees.
Characters
This CP understands the way characters tick, emphasizing emotion, character arc, and consistency.
Description
This CP knows how to make your descriptions sing.
Dialogue
This CP is great at making dialogue believable and memorable.
Grammar
This CP knows all the rules and when you can bend them.
Interiority
This CP understands how to manage narrative distance between the reader and the characters.
Pacing
This CP is all about managing narrative speed and how and when to dole out information.
Plot
This CP will make sure your plot doesn’t have any holes and that it hits the right emotional beats.
Worldbuilding
This CP is all about making your world believable, consistent, and enchanting.