The Value of Critique Groups and Professional Book Editors

Arthur Doweyko, award-winning author and scientist, explains his approach to receiving criticism. He uses his experience with writing scientific papers as he collaborates with people who edit his work. Writing nonfiction scientific papers like that has given him a helpful mindset toward editing. It’s forced him to reframe his understanding of editing so that it’s not a personal attack but rather a necessary part of improvement. Doweyko doesn’t believe self-editing is enough. He talks about the...