Call for Six: Insprired by The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide by Becky Levine
Friday, March 26th, 2010
Forming a writing/critique group with other writers is something that all aspiring wordsmiths should do without hesitation. Whether it’s to get some honest feedback, give yourself a deadline, or just to hang around other creative types to get inspired -it just works. But how do you even get started putting something like that together you say? This is where Becky Levine’s The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide comes in. In this thoughtful book, Becky teaches you how to run a group that will be productive, encouraging, and stimulating for all involved.
So to get you started, we’d like to hear six-words on your writing process. Post your submission here in the comments and the top three will receive a copy of The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide.
Love it…hate it…love it…
But I don’t like their critiques!
Must they use a red pen?
What if they’re wrong, I’m right?
Grin and bear it. Critiques work.
Does a sci-fi critiquer know romance?
Writing the lives I cannot live.
I’ve noticed my skin becoming thicker…
Type, pause, eat chocolate, adjust, repeat.
Process? What process? Are you kidding?
After a rough critique, drink wine.
Eat chocolate, shop if critique stinks.
Inspirations scribbled on backs of receipts.
Take it. Leave it. Continue on.
What Critique,Write hold it forever.
You all know you hold stuff.
For what it’s worth. It’s yours.
Hear it. Mull it. Consider it.
Don’t believe everything you hear, Dear.
Writing my life. Critiques my help.
Critiques keep me focused, I guess.
Critique can broaden the writers perception.
Words in head. Pen in hand.
I think, so I must write.
Sleuths unite, our motto: Lets Write!
Rejections sting. Share a group hug.
Writers group: a family of writers.
New Critter: No more tears formula.
Right brain, left brain, mob mentality?
Read for pleasure; write for passion!
Read, read, read, write, write, write.
I close mine eyes and write.
Great plots born daily around you.
Their input makes my writing better!
I am always defending my character.
Critiques: love ‘em, hate ‘em—-needed.
Critique groups strive for constructive criticism.
Thin-skinned authors should avoid critiques.
Critique groups coddle, cajole, and encourage.
Love my critique group–second family.
Critique groups help smooth rough spots.
Sharing with anticipation in critique sessions.
My “baby” wounded/healed by critiques.
Heed good advice, keep own voice.
Challenged to superior writing–critique group.
Good, better, best–critique group progression.
Revisions made easier with constructive critiques.
Left group when dominator took over.
Time, tea, thesis, text, terminology, tenacity.
Scripting dreams, ideas, thoughts onto papyrus.
Writing: Lock up inhibitions. Unlock creativity.
Blood, sweat, tears become happy endings.
Pantster in a group of plotters.
You think it should say what?
Agony from the beginning to end.
“Move this chapter here.” Stabs critiquer.
“Delete suspense scenes.” Critiquer’s untimely death.
Critiques not painful, if administered correctly.
Late night, bright light, dead fingers.
“Voice” started changing. No longer mine.
What’s record for rewriting chapter one?
Critiques may drive writers to drink.
I don’t like your story either!
Forget it. Writing story my way.
Want me to redo chapter AGAIN?
Should I tear up, start over?
Cut and paste–friends for life.
Idea. Note. Wait 20 twenty years. Write.
One second genius. Five years tribulation.
Critique will take good to best.
Read, Write, Critique, Re-Write,Critique, Re-Write.
Mrs. Fairbanks’ group–Mark Twain’s critiquers.
Mississippi River Cruise–cool critiquing atmosphere.
Critiques benefit EVERYONE, even Mark Twain.
Literary genius springs from critique groups.
Critique group helped Mark Twain, me.
Whoa! Do you really mean that?
Ultimate critique will be in heaven.
Cut, paste, copy, undo: My BFF.
want to write, afraid of rejection
God made idiots, then proof-readers.
Writing tells how badly we think.
Tried to poop story. Only farted.
I wrote. I shared. Gimme hemlock.
Shared stories: Like corncobs to swine.
which were top 3?—-or is contest still going?—–thanks, Loon
Read. Read. Write. Read. Write. Edit.
I do not agree, read http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2014/04/the-moderators-survival-guide-handling-common-tricky-and-sticky-situations-in-user-research.php
I don’t agree: http://meghanward.com/2012/03/27/8-secrets-to-a-successful-writers-group/
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