Sentences with phrase «on critique groups»

What are your thoughts on critique groups, beta readers and professional edits?

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Who else can provide context if your portfolio isn't growing as quickly as your peer group, if they believe you paid too high a price on a deal, if they question your due diligence in a given situation or whatever critique they might offer?

The evidence that incentives based on group outcomes are associated with higher productivity contravenes the oft - repeated critique that employee stock ownership and profit sharing can not possibly work due to the incentive to «free ride.»

One way of acknowledging its revisability is to say that it can survive the critique laid for it by Wayne Proudfoot in his 1985 Religious Experience and, more importantly, by the postmodern culture for which Proudfoot speaks.13 If it ignores that kind of postmodern critique, I am suggesting, it will not deliver on the promise it has shown recently in the growth of The American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, in the founding of The Highlands Institute for American Religious Thought, in the resurgence of Columbia and Yale forms of neonaturalism and pragmatism in the work of Robert Corrington and William Shea, 14 and in the American Academy of Religion Group on Empiricism in American Religious Thought — as well as in the growing independent scholarship of those working out of the empirical side of process theology and the Chicago school.

Similarly, when a group of Christians in the Asian American community recently released a letter detailing some of their concerns about common stereotypes and prejudices within the evangelical community, I saw many on social media critique this action as «divisive» and «harmful to Christian unity.»

The article was critiqued on almost every prominent media Web site and online opinion magazine and was debated on countless e-mail discussion groups.

Andrea Teti critiqued European discourses on democracy promotion in Egypt and their alienation of Egyptian pro-democracy opposition groups.

But he does believe that the additional disclosure requirements, tucked into a bill passed last June, was payback for past critiques by government reform groups on lack of ethics reforms in Albany.

Andrea Teti critiques European discourses on democracy promotion in Egypt and their alienation of Egyptian pro-democracy opposition groups.

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy blasted the government's response to its previous critique of UK security policy, saying it failed to «engage with arguments» put forward by the group.

The New York City Campaign Finance Board on Wednesday issued a blunt critique of a nonprofit closely linked to Mayor Bill de Blasio that has used unlimited donations to advance his political agenda, denouncing the group's behavior while clearing it and the mayor of any campaign finance violations.

Stephen L. D'Andrilli, a former New York City police officer and a founder of the pro-gun rights Arbalest Group, was on hand to distribute an article he'd co-authored critiquing the very idea of smart guns.

He called the Citizens Budget Commission a «self - appointed fiscal watchdog group,» saying, in a statement, that he had hoped the organization would «recognize and celebrate» the Cuomo Administration's success at reigning in spending — but, he said, «their relevancy is based on their critiques.»

Some groups work entirely on personal issues like motivation, procrastination, and the interpersonal conflicts created by the process; others concentrate solely on the mechanics of writing and critiques of the material.

Once we were suited up, our instructors led the group into mellow rollers and critiqued us as we windmilled to catch waves, popped up on our boards and tumbled.

Put students in pairs or in small groups, and have them work on critiquing one another by offering constructive criticism.

Students will be assessed with non-graded multiple choice tests at the beginning of most lessons, one - on - one and small group conversations each lesson, weekly essay workshops and play critiques by their peers, and their final performance.

The NM State Plan has been widely recognized as one of the best in the country by independent groups and commissions on both sides of the aisle, and I would like to extend our state's appreciation to the Collaborative for Student Success & Bellwether Education Partners, the Alliance for Excellent Education, Results For America and other leading educational organizations that have weighed in with both praise and critique in the spirit of advancing student outcomes.

The value of this experience is enhanced when students share individual plans in group sessions, brief the group on their purpose, revise plans if the critique brings forth acceptable suggestions, report to peers on progress made after following the plans for a period of time, and evaluate the plans using self - designed criteria.

Because of that structure, critique groups are often better with writing craft issues on a smaller scale (clarifying sentences or paragraphs, scene goals, immediate motivations, dialogue passages, etc.) than on a story - sized scale (character development, plot flow, story goals and motivations, themes, emotional arcs, etc.).

I think one thing that really makes my critique group mates special is that every single one of them is constantly taking classes and reading books on the craft of writing so it's not like they think they're gifted writers who don't have anything to learn.

Whereas, the feedback you're going to want from a critique group that you've just read the 1st draft of a single chapter to will be very different and will likely be more focused on things like tone, word choice, and style.

And even though SSWS attendees were competing with one another for slots in the book, we cheered each other on, critiqued stories to help one another, and as often happens with this group, we did all we could to help our writing friends succeed.

We feel secure if we are sure that our book includes a gripping opening hook that's been approved by our critique group; characters that our beta readers have said are «relatable»; and a plot arc that unfolds in accordance with the most popular method of how to write well currently on the market.

Through my group in Gainesville, Florida, authors are invited to speak on panels for community events, share writing in critique groups, publish in the group's literary journal, and collaborate with schools and civic groups in the area.

He's gotten feedback on a few chapters from a critique group, but the revision process can be overwhelming and leave us uncertain about where to start, so he asked:

In addition to publishing, consulting, writing and speaking, Tara serves on the Boards of Directors for a Christian writers» critique group, as well as acting as co-president and chaplain of the group.

Some critique groups are able to provide that type of feedback, but most groups are set up to give feedback on a chapter at a time so everyone gets a turn.

Self - published writers frequently hear that they need to pass their books by beta readers or critique groups first before sending the stories on to freelance editors (fewer corrections in a book means a less expensive editing process).

You can find lots of info about the craft of writing, market listings, writers» critique groups, etc. on the Internet.

When she reported it to our critique group, she didn't say she'd found a mistake on a book published by «XYZ Publishers.»

Note from Jane: Last week, I ran a comprehensive guest post on how to find the right critique group.

Tara also serves on the Board of Directors for a Christian writers» critique group and is Chaplain of that same group.

Congrats on connecting with a good critique group!

For more on that, see my post on why to ignore advice from critique groups, but they can help you anyway.

For my tips on bad advice to ignore, check out my post on «Why You Should Ignore Advice from Your Critique Group».

We offer two workshops a month on craft and the business of writing, as well as critique groups, writers theatres, networking with other Pacific Northwest writers groups, and general encouragement and support.

On the advice of my critique group partners, to write something else for awhile, I began developing a historical fiction story based on my Grandmother Christina Mary (Mages) Crutcher's life in Ottawa Kansas set in the 1920'On the advice of my critique group partners, to write something else for awhile, I began developing a historical fiction story based on my Grandmother Christina Mary (Mages) Crutcher's life in Ottawa Kansas set in the 1920'on my Grandmother Christina Mary (Mages) Crutcher's life in Ottawa Kansas set in the 1920's.

As Anne mentioned last week, some critique groups tend to focus more on line - by - line issues than big picture things, especially because critique groups / partners often see just a chapter or so at a time.

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.

Join writing groups, trade edits and critiques, find a way to get some fresh eyes on your book — and be open to criticism (though you don't have to accept all if it, it's always helpful to see how others will react to your writing).

This @SkipPrichard my exact criticism of «beta readers» and «critique groups» so many newbie writers depend on.

We also sponsor annual education events, a writers retreat, critique groups, publish an e-newsletter, host free monthly events on the craft and business of writing that are open to the public, and periodically publish an anthology of short fiction showcasing the talents of the Rocky Mountain writing community.

I hope you'll pass on the word about Mount Hermon to your critique group.

If you're a member of a critique group, you're the person who gives honest and useful feedback on every story.

The chat covers writing realistic, diverse characters, the importance of critique groups and community, and her book signing coming up (with fellow mystery author Becky Clark) on April 20.

I'll continue writing technical manuals because the pay is great, and I'll continue critiquing manuscripts because that's what critique group members do, but at least I've cleared enough space on my roster to find time to write this post, so that's something... right?

I've reviewed at least a dozen books in three months, edited a 94,000 word middle grade novel, offered feedback on the work of six critique group members, wrote a technical manual for a business, constructed a grant proposal for an individual, tweaked a historical article for an upcoming state project, and became a writer for Demand Studios.

By way of history, Critique.org began in 1995, making it the first workshop / critique group on the web.