Reviewal

General Notes

Critique is like writing. It is a muscle that requires practice. It is something that gets better as you do it more often. It is something that gets better as you gain familiarity with the other authors and their works. Some people here may have years of reading and commenting on each other’s works. Some may be familiar with the story scenes are being shared from while others are encountering the story (and the author) for the first time. Give the best critique you can. And know that the longer we keep at this, the better everyone’s critique skills and writing will get.

Rules for posting scenes/sections

1. Keep the length manageable. Roughly 1000 words is the limit.
2. Try to post something once/month. The goal here is to hold ourselves accountable for our writing, but please don’t post more often so that everyone’s work has a chance to be read and critiqued
3. Do not argue with critiques. Best to not respond at all, but go ahead and ask a clarifying question if you need to. The goal here isn’t to defend or explain your work. It is to see others’ reactions. You are the author. You do not have to make any changes you do not want to. You know if something that confused the reader is actually made clear in the paragraph before this scene started. You know if Mark and Jeff are identical twins, and we are supposed to be confused as to which is which. It is okay for you to know those things and the readers here not to know them.
4. If you post scenes for critique, you need to critique others’ scenes. (General goal would be to offer 3+ critiques a month.)

Rules for posting critique

1. Start your critique with something you liked. It can be the humor in the scene, the descriptions, the dialogue, or even just a single turn of phrase. But always start with a positive note.
2. Be kind. You do not need to be rude to be honest.
3. Frame your critique in terms of your reaction. “I did not like this character.” vs “This is a terrible character.”
4. Remember that you are only seeing snippets of other people’s work at varying stages of completion. You may or may not see your critique from the previous months being taken into account in a new scene. Try not to simply repeat the critique from the previous months. Notes of “This still confuses me” are fine, but try to make each specific to the scene presented.

General Notes

Critique is like writing. It is a muscle that requires practice. It is something that gets better as you do it more often. It is something that gets better as you gain familiarity with the other authors and their works. Some people here may have years of reading and commenting on each other’s works. Some may be familiar with the story scenes are being shared from while others are encountering the story (and the author) for the first time. Give the best critique you can. And know that the longer we keep at this, the better everyone’s critique skills and writing will get.

Rules for posting scenes/sections

1. Keep the length manageable. Roughly 1000 words is the limit.
2. Try to post something once/month. The goal here is to hold ourselves accountable for our writing, but please don’t post more often so that everyone’s work has a chance to be read and critiqued
3. Do not argue with critiques. Best to not respond at all, but go ahead and ask a clarifying question if you need to. The goal here isn’t to defend or explain your work. It is to see others’ reactions. You are the author. You do not have to make any changes you do not want to. You know if something that confused the reader is actually made clear in the paragraph before this scene started. You know if Mark and Jeff are identical twins, and we are supposed to be confused as to which is which. It is okay for you to know those things and the readers here not to know them.
4. If you post scenes for critique, you need to critique others’ scenes. (General goal would be to offer 3+ critiques a month.)

Rules for posting critique

1. Start your critique with something you liked. It can be the humor in the scene, the descriptions, the dialogue, or even just a single turn of phrase. But always start with a positive note.
2. Be kind. You do not need to be rude to be honest.
3. Frame your critique in terms of your reaction. “I did not like this character.” vs “This is a terrible character.”
4. Remember that you are only seeing snippets of other people’s work at varying stages of completion. You may or may not see your critique from the previous months being taken into account in a new scene. Try not to simply repeat the critique from the previous months. Notes of “This still confuses me” are fine, but try to make each specific to the scene presented.

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