I have never written a critique before—what do I say?
First, don’t worry—you’ll find that many members share concerns over how to compose and structure a critique.To address that, we’ve...
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First, don’t worry—you’ll find that many members share concerns over how to compose and structure a critique.To address that, we’ve...
Continue ReadingUnlike other workshops, we organize our members’ stories using Writing Projects. These projects may be for short or long fiction. Each...
Continue ReadingThis workshop is open to any number of critique formats and styles. If you are critiquing in our general workshop, we only ask that you...
Continue ReadingYou don’t have to, but as a point of courtesy1, you should. Posting a Ramble on their profile is a simple way to say thank you.Why?It...
Continue ReadingThere exist pieces in any workshop that don’t warrant much more than a passing comment. But we believe such instances are rare. Often,...
Continue ReadingIn this workshop, we decided to not support commenting on submissions, for a number of reasons:Comments are far too easy to craft, and not...
Continue ReadingWith most other workshops, the minimum word-count for a reasonably well-considered critique ranges from a sentence to 150 words. Supporting...
Continue ReadingHandle it with professionalism. At some point in our writing careers, we’ll receive feedback or reviews that are less than stellar, less...
Continue ReadingHandle it with professionalism. At some point in our writing careers, we’ll receive feedback or reviews that are less than stellar, less...
Continue ReadingCritiques are automatically saved in a “Draft”1 state while you are composing them. You must manually publish the critique before it...
Continue ReadingNo. Unfortunately, deleting a critique cannot be undone. When you attempt to delete a critique, we prompt you for confirmation. Please be...
Continue ReadingWe chose to prevent editing of critiques after they have been published for a number of reasons:Since we allow critics to compose their...
Continue ReadingYes. Unlike "bad" critiques, it is possible to have a well-considered critique from a teammate that doesn't focus on the aspects that are...
Continue ReadingYou can access your in-progress critiques in a number of ways:My Workshop - This page contains a listing, "Critiques in Progress," that...
Continue ReadingTL;DR Answer: We don't considerinline critiques to be useful enough.The Long Answer: We understand that some members coming from other sites...
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