Sentences with phrase «in a critique group»

Then writers in my critique group and writing club started asking me to share with them what I was researching and learning about plot.

If you're participating in a critique group, it's wise to invest in a couple of good writing books or a vetted, solid writing course as well.

Well, for everybody who has been in a critique group with a person with an «agenda».

As we say in critique group, if you don't like this idea, ignore it.

Never take what you hear in critique groups or workshops as gospel.

All those years in critique groups paid off in writing helpful reviews, I hope.

So keep in mind that you should probably ignore most of the specific advice you get in a critique group.

The most important thing I want in a critique group is brutality!

Then someone in the critique group talked me into self - publishing.

Over 700 members work in our critique groups, come to our annual conference or visit through our monthly programs.

An opinion I respect in my critique group said I wrote some of the best dialogue ever because he could take out the tags and still know which character was speaking.

We have an ongoing accountability system in my critique group.

I was a beta for a lady in our critique group and I wish I had your «worksheet» then.

Some of them had had bad experiences in critique groups, others were content to write on their own.

Several other writers in the room were also interested in a critique group.

I'd suggest you discuss the principles in your critique group first, before doing actual work on manuscripts.

The people in the critique groups are typically people just like you, the people who haven't figured out what they're doing.

If you hang out with other writers in critique groups, you may get lots of advice about the mechanics of good writing.

Although you must be willing to read and comment on the writings of other members in the group, it is well worth your time to participate in a critique group.

Now, we're in a critique group together, and -LSB-...]

A fresh year and new members in my critique group spurred my creativity.

Once upon a time, I was in a critique group session when the topic turned to the advisability of using four - letter words in your writing.

I've been in critique groups where one member would go into a rage when it became obvious the writer being critiqued wasn't going to make the changes the diva thought were required.

I do still encourage the use of critique groups and beta readers as a first step in learning the ins and outs of the craft and business of writing, but keep in mind that most of what you hear in a critique group needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

On Wednesday night, a friend in my critique group asked what the Barnes and Noble of the future might look like.

If my characters are engaging enough for my fantasy novel to appeal to the dyed - in - the - wool contemporary fiction readers in my critique group, I know I'm doing something right:).

I continually got dinged in my critique group, but my readers love the atmosphere the clothing descriptions add to!

And all the above is not meant to guilt you into more active membership in your critique group, or sign up for Colorado Gold tomorrow, but to encourage you to think about your writing career beyond the page.

This week Anne is over at her book blog talking about witnessing verbal abuse in a critique group or workshop.

Christine — We are indeed lucky in our critique group.

Sometimes somebody in your critique group will say «why didn't you show her getting dressed?»

To me, it's no different than when I sit in critique group and hear what didn't work for my crit partners.

We have a split - infinitive Nazi in our critique group.

I've been judged in critique groups, and my writing has made it through the auditions and earned my place at Hollywood week.

Shortly after that, God brought us together, first in a critique group through the ACFW, then through the local ACFW group in St. Louis.

My problem now comes in that one man in my critique group mentioned I should change the POV to 3rd person limited because Editors will not purchase anything from a first - time author not written in that POV; and that once I have my first publication I can choose which ever POV I want.

Whenever its name is mentioned, it is usually in hushed tones during a first - page takedown in a critique group, or on a panel of editors warning anxious wannabes about the sins of the plodders.

With solicited criticism — as in a critique group — the situation is different.

Surely at least once a week, in some critique group somewhere, someone is uttering, as if citing stone tablets, that you must never begin a novel with a dream.

A woman in our critique group wrote a small devo book for writers I also enjoyed.

I know the first time I was asked to beta read something, I thought it was like what we did in the critique group at the time: correct spelling and punctuation, formatting, wording things the way I would word them.

Thanks for sharing it with the blog — I passed on the link to everyone in my critique group because we're all toying with ideas for new projects and the main character's journey with quirky side characters is often a big temptation in any genre.

Participation in a critique group will not only meet a writer's need for social interaction, but together the members will also polish their novels more quickly, and speed each other in the journey toward publication.

For the story I'm writing, well - known published writers in our critique group, who were getting their stuff published in paper by CBA publishers commented, among other things: - «The scene where Tammy throws her bikini up into the tree would never get published by a CBA publisher.»

There are two major rules to being a better writer: 1) read abundantly (especially in the genre that you are writing), and 2) participate in critique groups.