I've belonged to several
critique groups over the years, and giving and receiving critiques is truly an art.
I've contributed to half a dozen blogs or
critique groups over the years.
Not exact matches
In one exercise,
groups of teachers and principals watched a video of a teacher presiding
over a math lesson and
critiqued her work.
We had an online writer's discussion / support
group that met every week for
over 10 years, but the
critique groups that tried to spin off seemed to die early deaths.
Over the years, I've made connections through blogging, Facebook
groups,
critique partner swaps, in - person
critique groups and more.
Over the years we've had people come who could not take an criticism at all and defended what they'd written, no
critique group has time for that.
I'm so grateful to my
critique group members
over the years.
Feedback from Beta Readers differs from what you get from a
critique group because Betas generally read your whole manuscript in a week or two rather than
over the span of months or years.
They differ from a
critique group because they usually read a whole manuscript in a few sittings rather than hearing it
over a period of months or years.
Just finished going
over the copyedits on my 4th novel coming out in September, and I was dumbfounded at the things I typed that I hadn't caught, and that my other editor didn't catch, or my
critique group didn't catch.
Second is my current
critique group, which has been going strong for
over two years and has helped us all grow as authors.
This week Anne is
over at her book blog talking about witnessing verbal abuse in a
critique group or workshop.
Critique groups and writer
groups are all
over social media sites like Twitter and Facebook.
I don't think it's mandatory, but the advice of a solid
critique group or that of a professional editor can give you an advantage
over other submissions, especially if you do not have an agent.
Last month the
critique group suggested I cut or restructure the chapter I sent, so it's not just a matter of pulling out a chapter and handing it
over.
Tam — I sure have been in a lot of
critique groups, classes and workshops
over the last couple of decades, and it's amazing how similar the problems are.
This is one of the biggest reasons for getting to know your readers and / or
critique group well before handing
over your writing.
With
critique groups and writing circles all
over the Houston area, HWG makes it easy to find the right support for your genre and goals.
I've been sweating
over my MS for a lot longer than I had hoped, but surprisingly, I see that in my
critique group (s), I have (unknowingly) reached the Gospel to several continents.
And if this happened it would trigger months of sensitive agonizing
over who would add the right blend of qualities to the
group - who was a good enough writer that their membership would reflect well on the others, who was effective at giving
critique without being cruel, if the
group was mostly men, should they find a woman writer to balance the discussion?
Go
over to G + and hang out in either / both Writers Discussion
Group and Writers
Critique Group.
-LSB-...] stories to contests and literary journals
over two years ago, founded a
critique group, curated a submissions calendar, and wrote contest roundups for Writer Unboxed.
Over the long term, it's wise to build an effective
critique group of fellow professionals to content edit your book while you content edit theirs.
RMFW has
critique groups all
over the Denver metro area, and hosts the Colorado Gold conference every September.
You might have a
critique group, or you might have an ad hoc
group of people that live all
over the place that can't meet together physically who can help review your book and do different things.
A
critique group is a bunch of strangers who have no power
over your life, while reading your work, telling you what's wrong with it, and giving you tips to fix it.
Writers need to have a thick skin in order to succeed and having your work pored
over and
critique in your first writing
group is what all successful authors have to go through.
As director, Beth Lilly produces
over 9 exhibitions a year as well as workshops, speakers,
critique groups and events.
Our students and faculty - from all
over the planet - meet each year for a few weeks in the summer in Berlin and winter in New York as we continue to work wherever we live supported by advisors, student - run
critique groups and the Ti community.