Getting and giving feedback

A nerve-racking afternoon signing up to YouWriteOn. I dutifully read the Terms and Conditions but the only bit I took in was that all copyright in the writing I upload remains with me. That’s the only bit that matters to me. Does anyone understand Terms and Conditions except the lawyers who draw them up? I just have to trust that, because the site purports to be sponsored by the Arts Council and because I heard about it through Cornerstones Literary Consultancy who have given me two useful editorial reports (on the children’s novel and the autobiography), the site is kosher.

I printed out the text I’m going to upload - the first three chapters of the novel. Things always come across differently on the page from on screen, and it’s easier to see the thing as a whole when you print it out and actually hold the pages in your hand. I’ve read through it and made a few corrections and now I think I probably ought to leave it overnight and finish the process tomorrow. I might even get Frog to read it.

Not only am I looking forward to getting some feedback on my own writing, but I’m really looking forward to reading other people’s work and giving them feedback. I think it will be very helpful and interesting. And you say what genres you like so hopefully I won’t get anything too ghastly.