tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post7098040861872217738..comments2024-03-27T23:03:58.848-06:00Comments on The Warrior Muse: Critique Group Panel DiscussionShannon Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-84820846879849761492015-06-30T12:41:37.934-06:002015-06-30T12:41:37.934-06:00Hi Shannon,
A lot to ponder here and completely o...Hi Shannon,<br /><br />A lot to ponder here and completely out of my depth on this. I do not have critique group because there's nothing to discuss about my writing or their writing. I stay a smug amateur who does get the occasional suggestion from Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar!<br /><br />I'm outta' here.....<br /><br />Gary klahaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613505424843475639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-66324542361013982402015-06-30T09:06:15.943-06:002015-06-30T09:06:15.943-06:00Great recap, Shannon. I'll admit that I'm...Great recap, Shannon. I'll admit that I'm the one who doesn't use critique groups for social. I have current critique partners and former critique partners, and I adore them all. We socialize all the time outside of critique. But when I'm critiquing I want that to be my singular focus. Perhaps that's why I'm finding more value in online critiquing. Then my social is wide open. Interesting panel and very knowledgeable speakers on the panel and in the audience as well. Donnell Ann Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943037206984648849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-67244337419016999212015-06-30T08:58:19.969-06:002015-06-30T08:58:19.969-06:00Thanks for sharing this round up. I'm in a cou...Thanks for sharing this round up. I'm in a couple different groups and everyone does it different. :)Stacy S. Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646270238659432058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-7596760960881393272015-06-29T18:32:54.201-06:002015-06-29T18:32:54.201-06:00Very well organized, I love organization. I used t...Very well organized, I love organization. I used to host a writers group, and should start a new one, the need is there. Above all else is the camaraderie, and the sharing, but definitely the feedback to proceed successfully in the right direction, and why I prefer the classic, but find the online group sometimes more helpful. So many variables, but I think everyone can find the one or two that works for them. Thank you!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-3962615449367766362015-06-29T14:01:21.191-06:002015-06-29T14:01:21.191-06:00That's a good breakdown of all the types of cr...That's a good breakdown of all the types of critiques.<br />They're right that less experienced tend to see more story and plot. I've always used test readers (non-writers who read my genre) in an early draft to get the story right followed by critique partners who are authors for the later critique.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-74152804715143059032015-06-29T12:08:01.999-06:002015-06-29T12:08:01.999-06:00It sounds like they did well to cover everything i...It sounds like they did well to cover everything important about critique groups. I'm a member of a local writers' group where we host critiques each meeting. 4-6 people will raise their hands via email to read their work, we all get a copy of the pages (up to 5), and we'll critique after the work is read out loud. I find it hard to say anything much when it happens as I like to have time to think, but I always try to find things (grammar/spelling) to mark on the paper. I don't have my work critiqued there because I don't like to read out loud and most people there don't really understand fantasy. For my own work, I have a few critique partners where we exchange work to critique/edit via email.Cherie Reichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16663147386014122939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-81132869790607599922015-06-29T09:30:30.534-06:002015-06-29T09:30:30.534-06:00I've always wanted to be involved in something...I've always wanted to be involved in something like the Inklings, but I don't think that's in the cards (or pages) for me. I've lost patience with the few groups I have been involved with, mostly, though, because the goals of the other members never lined up with mine. Specifically, every group I've brushed up against has been focusing on memoir writing and, well, it just makes me roll my eyes.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-67435180780013327452015-06-29T09:13:58.709-06:002015-06-29T09:13:58.709-06:00Nice picture! I'm not part of a critique group...Nice picture! I'm not part of a critique group. I think I would be too scared and too nervous to share my work like that and get feedback. I don't really have a critique partner either. I just use beta readers but they do, in a way, critique my work so I can fix things.Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-18242530365237130522015-06-29T08:57:53.697-06:002015-06-29T08:57:53.697-06:00We are each other's critique group for the mos...We are each other's critique group for the most part, and it works out well since we're honest with each other and don't sugarcoat things. We'd love to be more part of a formal critique group with some of our PPW friends if it weren't for that whole distance thing. :)A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-79401296011980084662015-06-29T08:36:33.394-06:002015-06-29T08:36:33.394-06:00My first critique partner and I would meet in pers...My first critique partner and I would meet in person when we first started and then we went to online.<br />I currently attend a monthly group sometimes but I don't always make it. Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.com