Guidelines for the critiques board: PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTI

Michael

Welcome to the Tower of Light critiques board. This is a place to post excerpts from your writing for comment and critique from other members of the board.

I'm not really strict, but you should keep a few things in mind when posting excerpts from your writing on the board.

1. Please don’t post too long an excerpt at a time. It's better to keep it at a few paragraphs or so. The longer the excerpt, the less likely it is that people will have time to read and comment on your work. IMPORTANT NOTE: It might be best not to post very long excerpts or full short stories here if you think you might want to submit them for publication in future. It is possible that publishers would not look favorably at publishing a work that has already appeared in substantial part or in total on the Internet.

2. Indicate what sort of feedback you’re looking for. Do you just want comment on technical issues - grammar, punctuation, word usage, etc? Or do you want comment and analysis concerning the content of your story - does the reader find the story interesting, does it flow well, do the elements of the story make sense, etc? Or are you looking for both kinds of critique, or something else altogether?

3. Expect that critiques might actually be CRITICAL. We are all here because we want to improve our writing. Part of that process is hearing what doesn’t work in our writing as well as what does work.

4. If you post something for critique, please take the time to return the favor and look at some of the work others have posted for critique and share your critique of that work. It's only fair and it will help the community to grow.

5. If you critique another member's work, make sure your criticism is constructive and presented in a respectful way. If you think some element of a posted excerpt doesn’t work, explain why you don’t think it works, not just that you don’t think it does.

6. Please be respectful of other member's suggestions, even when you do not agree with them. There is no one correct way to write a story. Please keep this in mind.

7. Please double-space between paragraphs (but single space otherwise). It is hard to read a long post that contains no white space.

8. Please remember the forum rules and try to censor your work. Consider carefully before posting excerpts that contain sexual or excessively violent imagery. If you're not sure whether or not something is over the line in terms of the membership and readership of this site, please PM Michael (me) for consultation, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

9. Be aware that all excerpts posted on the Critiques board are available for public view, and that you should only post excerpts of your work to avoid compromising electronics rights. Tower of Light is under no obligation to remove material once posted and expects all writers to be responsible with what they post.

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