The Critique Service...
The critique of your flash fiction will include a general analysis of your work, a line edit to highlight manuscript faults, and an overall analysis that will offer suggestions for improvement.
Your flash fiction will be critiqued by Dale Stromberg of Stromberg Literary. strombergliterary.wordpress.com
Read Dale Stromberg's bio - click here
The cost is £10.50 for a flash fiction story up to 500 words via PayPal / Stripe. Please, if you can, pay via Stripe.
Please remember the upper word limit for a flash fiction critique is 500.
Critique Service Feedback...
'Writing is an exercise of the soul, an urge that is as much instinct as it is craft. Words carry meanings beyond their arrangement, and mastering them is what separates merely telling a story from true storytelling. I'm deeply grateful to Dale Stromberg for his critique; the depth of his insights exceeded my expectations. He unpacked my story section by section, offering thoughtful suggestions for development and encouraging me to push beyond conventional boundaries. His feedback has not only improved my work but reinvigorated my creative drive. I can’t wait to dive back in!' LG
'...this has given me some tangible and specific suggestions to work with, which are incredibly useful.' Madeleine
'Since I started writing, which is quite recently, I’ve discovered that the best way to learn and improve is through feedback and critique. Hence, I decided to pay the nominal fee to get Dale's critique of a short story I’m working on. The comprehensive critique and suggestions I received were invaluable and have helped me make the story even better.' PR
'I would like to thank Dale for his excellent critique. It's an eye-opening experience, and I can't wait to rework the piece.' Isabelle B.L
'Please can you pass on my thanks to Dale Stromberg for his recent critique of my story. His comments are both insightful and constructive. Their pertinence extends beyond this story and will help me shape, structure, and hopefully create tension in future stories as well.' CH
'Please thank Dale for his incredibly prompt, perceptive and pertinent feedback. His comments and suggestions have been so helpful in editing the piece further.' CG
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Dale Stromberg's bio
Dale Stromberg is an author, editor, and translator. He studied the art of fiction with the novelists Richard Bankowsky and Doug Rice at California State University, Sacramento, before spending about a decade in Tokyo, where he fronted a few bands. Now he lives near Kuala Lumpur. He is the author of Melancholic Parables, a short prose collection, and has published short fiction in Planet Scumm, Denver Quarterly, JMWW, New World Writing, Gone Lawn, MoonPark Review, Litro Magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and elsewhere. He is developing a contemplative fantasy novel and co-authoring a sci-fi novel. As an editor, he has worked with novelists in the U.K. and the U.S. He handles both literary and genre work; all that matters is that the story matters. Links to Dale's work as an author can be found on his website here...
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