Nimue
Auror
Getting feedback from other amateur writers/family and friends might not make your writing any better. Do it anyway.
You know why? It's not about editing the chapter. It's not about getting the right advice, though you might luck into that. It's not a step towards making it publishable. It's for you. Everyone wants feedback and validation sometimes! Sitting at the desk in the echo chamber of your mind gets pretty lonely. If you want to put your work out there, even if it's a rough draft or a snippet, just to talk about what you're writing and see other people respond to it, then do it. Those words you put down, lighting images in someone else's mind! There's nothing like having someone genuinely respond to what you've written, invest themselves in what happens next, care enough to suggest other ways you might write it.
Others are right that the advice you get may be a toss-up. Might be some basic rules that you only really get later when you've had time to research things and absorb them on your own terms. Might be an interesting suggestion that sparks a powder-trail that leads you to a really cool idea. Might be genuinely bad advice, given from someone no further along than you are. I think it is important not to approach amateur critique as though you must obey it, as though it will fix your writing. No, your own journey will fix your writing. But when you're setting out, it can be exciting and maybe even useful to bounce your stories off other people.
Put as much out there as you feel you want to. And in the meantime, keep writing.
You know why? It's not about editing the chapter. It's not about getting the right advice, though you might luck into that. It's not a step towards making it publishable. It's for you. Everyone wants feedback and validation sometimes! Sitting at the desk in the echo chamber of your mind gets pretty lonely. If you want to put your work out there, even if it's a rough draft or a snippet, just to talk about what you're writing and see other people respond to it, then do it. Those words you put down, lighting images in someone else's mind! There's nothing like having someone genuinely respond to what you've written, invest themselves in what happens next, care enough to suggest other ways you might write it.
Others are right that the advice you get may be a toss-up. Might be some basic rules that you only really get later when you've had time to research things and absorb them on your own terms. Might be an interesting suggestion that sparks a powder-trail that leads you to a really cool idea. Might be genuinely bad advice, given from someone no further along than you are. I think it is important not to approach amateur critique as though you must obey it, as though it will fix your writing. No, your own journey will fix your writing. But when you're setting out, it can be exciting and maybe even useful to bounce your stories off other people.
Put as much out there as you feel you want to. And in the meantime, keep writing.