Developing "Double Vision"

Today I’m going to talk to you about critiquing with "double vision."  It's always fun to analyze a work and give it your undivided attention, but  sometimes looking too long at just one work makes it difficult to imagine what might have been.  At some point in history, Jane Austen, Shakespeare, and Virgil all made narrative choices.  Their works were once "in progress."  With the ever-growing popularity of retellings, franchises, and sequels, writers and editors need to hone their "double vision" so they can see how subtle, small changes can completely change the meaning of a work.

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