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They will encourage you to try new writing styles, revise that old piece, and above all else, to keep writing. These are people who understand what you mean when you say a character is mad at you. In addition to feedback and growth, you will get support for your writing through your critique group. If you find yourself noticing a specific aspect of everyone’s pieces, it is likely your subconscious is trying to show that is an aspect you need to address in your own work. You will be able to better recognize things like info dumps, unnecessary backstory, awkward dialogue, and lack of character emotion/development. By looking at other people’s writing with a critical eye, you will learn how to do the same for your own writing. You will get as much out of critiquing your peers work as you will out of their feedback on your pieces. As the author, you always get the final say. This is where you decide which feedback to accept and implement, which feedback to address in a different way than was suggested, and which ones to ignore. Later, when you are ready and not feeling stubborn or defensive, review your critiques and dig into your revision. You should provide similar documentation of your critiques to your peers. These will help you remember what was said when you revise later. This can be a physical, printed document or a virtual, emailed one.

After everyone has given their feedback, the writer may ask questions and reveal what their intentions were.Īfter a meeting during which your writing was critiqued, you should receive a copy of everyone’s comments.

The discussion is about absorbing how others perceive your piece, not explaining what your intentions were. The writer being critiqued should do their best not to speak or defend their piece during this time. Usually, each member gets the chance to share what they saw and ways they believe the piece could be improved. As a member of the critique group, you will be expected to review everyone’s piece just like they will do for you and be prepared for this discussion.Īt the meeting, the group goes through the big picture successes and failures of a piece. The more effective ones in my experience send each other their writing ahead of time, so the group can spend the whole meeting discussing the pieces and members can take their time reviewing the submissions. Some critique groups only go over their member’s writing when they meet. Generally, the more infrequent the meetings, the larger the writing submissions are. I have participated in weekly, biweekly, and monthly critique groups. How often you meet will depend on how prolific the writers are, how much time the members have to spend writing and critiquing, and how many pages/words each member submits for each meeting. These meetings can be as frequent as every week and as infrequent as once a quarter. A critique group meets on a regular basis to help each other improve their pieces and grow as writers.