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You must decide what input to incorporate. Decide which feedback is useful and which is not. Sometimes a reviewer will express a concern that will indicate a problem besides the one mentioned. For example, a reviewer might say that a certain story is too long. But perhaps length is not the real problem; you may need to consider instead how you tell the story or how you describe important events. | You must decide what input to incorporate. Decide which feedback is useful and which is not. Sometimes a reviewer will express a concern that will indicate a problem besides the one mentioned. For example, a reviewer might say that a certain story is too long. But perhaps length is not the real problem; you may need to consider instead how you tell the story or how you describe important events. | ||
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| valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffff99" | Expert Tips: | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffff99" | '''Expert Tips: '''Record your story on tape. Consider reading your story on to tape, and then listen to the recording. Do you feel it is honest and worth listening to? Does it represent your life accurately? Be careful about using information about living people. Be extremely sensitive to personal information, such as dates, sensitive issues, and contentious stories, of individuals who are still alive or who have living family members who may ready your history. Never publish anything that you would not want to appear in tomorrow’s newspaper. Also, be extremely cautious about including addresses and phone numbers of living people.<br> | ||
Record your story on tape. Consider reading your story on to tape, and then listen to the recording. Do you feel it is honest and worth listening to? Does it represent your life accurately? Be careful about using information about living people. Be extremely sensitive to personal information, such as dates, sensitive issues, and contentious stories, of individuals who are still alive or who have living family members who may ready your history. Never publish anything that you would not want to appear in tomorrow’s newspaper. Also, be extremely cautious about including addresses and phone numbers of living people.<br> | |||
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