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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/30652
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So, I knew my Chapter 1 would be tedious last night, but i was still surprised that everyone asked that it be, instead of a Chris McCandless-style solo exodus to the wilderness (which is how the thing starts), a fast paced action thriller.

Put another way, the things that were requested in the next re-write were to introduce more dialogue (there is some, but the guy is alone), put him in the city instead of in the wilderness (?), and similar.

Put yet another way, it felt like the group was succumbing to group think, where each person's writing should hew more closely to every other person's writing.

To be clear: the feedback is invaluable and I will use it.

But: **Question: Do writing groups become tunnel-visioned ... and come with their own set of biases?** Along the lines of "Group think"?

My instincts are yes, that this is human nature, and I am curious if you would agree or not. Again, the feedback from the critique group was valuable and I am OK with bias (especially because it is a different one than my own.) I'm just curious if that might happen in these critique groups.

I mentioned my chapter 1 [here](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/30628/is-it-possible-to-read-your-own-words-too-much-and-begin-to-hate-them-as-a-res) yesterday.

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