Comments on: Critical Reading: “Question-Storming!” by Dr. Michael Arnzen

By: Questionstorming Revisited | Pedablogue

Questionstorming Revisited | Pedablogue — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:36:02 +0000

[...] for author (and SHU WPF alum) Kaye Dacus’ weblog. In response, I wrote a short article called “Questionstorming” that looks at the sort of questions that writers should ask when they read a story — but [...]

By: Writing in the Book | Pedablogue

Writing in the Book | Pedablogue — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:35:12 +0000

[...] with the text. (For me, it’s more like arguments than conversations… see my article “Question-storming!” for more on my methods). Now, thirty years after I first discovered my mother’s marginalia, I [...]

By: Writing Series Spotlight: Critiquing and Critical Reading « KayeDacus.com

Writing Series Spotlight: Critiquing and Critical Reading « KayeDacus.com — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:07:30 +0000

[...] Reading: Goals & Back Covers Critical Reading: The First Date Critical Reading: Take Three Critical Reading: “Question-Storming!” (guest columnist Dr. Michael Arnzen) Critical Reading: As You Read (in General) Critical Reading: [...]

By: Ron Edison

Ron Edison — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:16:07 +0000

Yeah, I hate defacing books, but don’t some of them deserve it? I’m reading one now that I’d dearly love to write in except that it was inscribed to me by the author two weeks ago. It’s full of amateurish mistakes. No sign of a professional editor or copyeditor. Books like this can be instructional. If you can find flaws in someone else’s work, it’s training for finding them in yours. That’s the value of critique–not so much about tearing down someone else but about building up your own work.

By: Monica Spence

Monica Spence — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:51:05 +0000

Hi Kaye and Mike,
Great article.Thank you.
Monica
SHU-WPF

By: heidirubymiller

heidirubymiller — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:41:44 +0000

Kaye:
What a wonderful series. You always hit upon those things that writers at any stage really need to know.

Mike:
Your passion for writing and reading came through beautifully in your essay. Thank you for sharing. I will continue to ask WHY with every word.

~Heidi

By: Erica Vetsch

Erica Vetsch — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:45:35 +0000

Yup, still can’t face writing in a book, but this was a very informative post.

I listened to an interview yesterday with Tom Hanks where he mentioned sitting in a scene with Denzel Washington, where Denzel had all the action and Tom was only an observer. Tom Hanks watched everything Denzel Washington did, hoping to garner better ways of interpreting, acting, and characterization.

Kinda like critically reading a novel, huh? Learn from the masters how to do your own work better.

By: Georgiana Daniels

Georgiana Daniels — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:36:39 +0000

Thanks for the guest post! Defacing a book makes me cringe, but I can see where there would be a great deal of discovery in the process. Maybe I’m a Post-it girl at heart. I must remember to ask WHY instead of barreling through!