Comments on: Writing Group Etiquette

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By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:15:00 +0000

LOL! Exactly. If I had a fishing column, well gee, Harper Collins would be beating down my door too, dontcha know.

Snark. :))

By: Amanda Nicole

Amanda Nicole — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:52:00 +0000

…or how “speshul.”

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:31:00 +0000

LOL! Ladies, I'm here to say when it works, it works beautifully. My current group is family. We are emotionally attached to each other and look after one another. No way any of these folks would cause angst!

I'm saying that groups do have issues and that having pre-arranged processes in place really does help alleviate any issues. You HAVE to have an approval process/trial period for new members. If you don't, you run the risk of getting stuck with an overly obnoxious person whose sole intent is showing everyone how special he/she is.

By: avid writer

avid writer — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:14:00 +0000

**Note to self: Do not join writers group.**

By: Amanda Nicole

Amanda Nicole — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:52:00 +0000

Oh man. I guess I haven’t had the best experiences with writer’s groups, because I can’t handle the thought of being in one without shuddering. I’ve listened to the narcissists, the rape-and-torture story writers, the know-it-alls and the couldn’t-write-their-way-out-of-a-paper-baggers. Once I sat through 8 months of listening to a guy who thought he was Jim Morrison incarnate drivel on about the moon and his (nonexistent)lovers. Just..can’t…handle…writer’s…groups…

That said, I’m glad you’ve found a group that works for you. I know if I had one, my creative writing would be a lot farther along.

By: Devon Ellington

Devon Ellington — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:38:00 +0000

That's one reason I don't post for critique on writing forum boards, either. Give me SUGGESTIONS; do not REWRITE as though it was yours. There are several people I know in particular who do that even when you ask them not to; so why put my work in front of them? My Trusted Readers get it instead.

The last writing group in which I participated, we did not read during the group. Material was handed out the previous meeting; it was read in between meetings and then discussed.

For me, that works better than listening to someone read. I want to take my time, re-read it several times, and really enter the work, which I find I can't do if the first time I hear it is in the moment.

The point is CONstructive criticism, not DEstructive. You want the work to be the best it can be within the original writer's vision, not the person who critiques it.