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Reviewing your own work. Wow, not too shabby. This sounds really hard and sometimes, weird, for many people especially for junior writers. This topic is actually important for them too. Therefore, this quick guide will go thoroughly on how to review your work to your fullest or rather, like you that review to others. Here are some ideas I know about this issue.
First, basically, this leads down to one solution. Treat your work as a stone you could find by walking through the poetry or short story sections. This stone is totally a random work to you. You read it like the first time. This part is particularly hard especially when you know this is yours, but please just take a deep breath and do your normal review style. Do flatter and do complaint and do critique. If your review is normally short, do it short. Don't be a hypocrite by writing surprisingly long review when you actually just write a paragraph for your normal-everyday review. Don't and don't and don't ever do that!
If you found yourself puzzled or confused to review, it's completely normal because we are the one that created it, we are the one that knows almost everything in it. The reasons. The stories behind. The inspirations. That's why we couldn't do it because we know too much in it and we probably had expressed ourselves to its fullest, making we feel the lack for words. Don't give up so early. Review is actually easier when we know about it. However, make yourself feeling that the work is just related to you, but not actually made by you. Weird, but true enough. A weirder thing to say, I think, is, please, you don't admit this is your work. I seriously hate someone like that. Think for a second, what's the feelings of your work. Think it as a living and need to be respected. Honesty is vital. And that goes the same for reviewing others' work.
I know I've been spinning on the same facts all over again. These facts are important; that's why I stressed on them. I repeat, take a deep breath and do your normal review style. However, don't take a deep breath too seriously. Honestly, it will make you more nervous. Don't read this because you are searching to improve your reviewing skills. But don't be shy to ask that. These are some super-duper-how-to-review examples. (THE LINKS HERE.) To be frank, all of them are awesome! I often use them as a quick guide for me before reviewing especially to produce good reviews. I particularly love the sandwich by Nate.
So, that actually wraps up all this reviewing your own work. Simple, the thing you need to know is just think of your work as not truly your work. It is completely unknown to you. Don't look only on a part but look at the things beyond it. Review like normal. Nothing needs to be destroyed for reviewing your own work. Careful not to sweat your fingers!
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