Sentences with phrase «running critique groups»

I have been participating in and running critique groups since 1993.

The site then has the tools to run the critique group online.

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.

Not exact matches

Many writing organizations run critique / beta groups within their mini-community, attempting to help writers find good matches.

If Joyce, or Nabokov, or J.K. Rowling had run all their work through a modern critique group, frequented online writing forums, attended writing workshops, and absorbed all the (generally) well - intentioned nonsense talked about beats, the Hero's Journey, plot arcs, adverb use, and character change, it's unlikely they would have ever achieved the fame and status they have today.

Even though not every critique group is run by Lawrence Block, you can get some useful stuff out of it if you read between the lines.

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

Although I hear Amy Tan still runs everything by her critique group.

Inked Voices is a site for writers looking for smaller critique groups and for pre-existing groups looking for a place to run their writing group online.

Online groups typically run on a credits or points system, where credits are used to submit work and earned for giving critiques.

Well, this week I finally ran the book 1 synopsis past my critique group, and they said I have too much for two books, so now I'm back to a trilogy!

And I could add to the advice about producing a quality product before publishing to run your work past some savvy beta readers or a discerning critique group to catch any parts that drag or are confusing, etc., then it would be best to get a professional edit from a reputable freelance editor who reads and edits your genre.

Yes, there's a great article on edittorrent (a blog run by two editors) about why agents / editors might not love what your critique group loves, and one of the reasons it mentions is this same issue.

That is, it's been run through a critique group or some beta readers and revised carefully.

I may check out the novel critique group that the SWG runs.

If we've ever let beta readers or critique groups give feedback on our stories, we've probably run into the issue of receiving conflicting advice.

See our critique group guidelines for more information on how we run our groups.

That's why I think it's important to first run a book through a critique group.

The Painters» League is an independent student - run organization that provides an opportunity for students to conduct group critiques among their peers.