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The Fiction Bitch

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Prospero

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1. Who is the Fiction Bitch?

The Fiction Bitch is an experienced writer/editor with a loathing of bad writing and a heart of stone.

2. Why should I submit my fiction to the Fiction Bitch?

You shouldn't, if all you want is a pat on the back and polite, empty praise. But if what you want is an unvarnished, educated opinion, undiluted by tact or compassion -- the straight truth -- then the Fiction Bitch can provide this.

3. Doesn't negative feedback discourage rather than nurture the creative process?

Yes, and that's precisely the point. The Fiction Bitch doesn't want to encourage new writers. She wants to weed out terrible writers before they go on to bore millions of innocent publishing house interns to tears. If you suspect you are a lousy writer, the Fiction Bitch can remove all doubts, thus freeing you for other, more productive pursuits.

Okay--so sometimes she's mean-spirited and abusive, just for laughs. But the fact is that a beginning writer could learn more by going through the archives of this site than he or she would in a lot of creative writing courses.
 

ohamsie

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I know several English majors who could use a dose of what she's giving. I'm too nice to give negative feedback. :(
 

White Man

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I really dislike those interns. They think so very highly of themselves because they have a bottom of the totem pole job in publishing. They're not so much quality checkers as they are competence checkers. If whatever your submitting gets the okay from the junior goon interns, it goes through at least another couple readings by more important folks.

It's good to keep a couple of these types of people in your back pocket though. They can do you little favors, and knowing one is a surefire way to make sure your text gets read by somebody important.
 
She's actually pretty fair to everyone. She told that Ho girl that even though her writing isn't very good, she's got the core elements down and should definitely keep going at writing fiction. Just don't write pure shit.
 
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