Critiquing the work of a friend.

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My friend gives me a lot of his stuff to read over and critique.

Often I find his stuff bland and uninteresting. That's hard to say to a good friend without coming across like a complete asshole, especially because -- by right -- his opinion is worth far more than mine with regard to the creative side of writing. That's to say he's studying screenwriting and filmmaking whilst I'm just studying history.

I try to just point out sentences that I feel are a bit cumbersome or areas I believe he didn't fully achieve what he was aiming for.

How do you guys go about giving feedback?

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