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August 2020 concrit swap: brainstorming
Anon and signed-in comments both welcome
Who would be interested in making their own post in the community (as part of the August event) for feedback to be posted under it, and who would prefer to request and receive feedback entirely privately (ie, by email)?
Suggested resources:
-guides for concrit
-a set of questions for a reviewer to consider
-a list of genres for people to use to describe their fic, if submitting extracts
If requesting concrit on any published works, do people have a date cut-off after which the work is too old for them to want feedback on it? Maybe we can agree on a default age.
What do you find most valuable in concrit?
Who would be interested in making their own post in the community (as part of the August event) for feedback to be posted under it, and who would prefer to request and receive feedback entirely privately (ie, by email)?
Suggested resources:
-guides for concrit
-a set of questions for a reviewer to consider
-a list of genres for people to use to describe their fic, if submitting extracts
If requesting concrit on any published works, do people have a date cut-off after which the work is too old for them to want feedback on it? Maybe we can agree on a default age.
What do you find most valuable in concrit?
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(Anonymous) 2020-07-10 01:29 am (UTC)(link)For me, nothing older than 2-3 years would be most useful.
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(Anonymous) 2020-07-10 06:58 am (UTC)(link)no subject
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(Anonymous) 2020-07-10 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)Valuable concrit
Some possible basic questions for readers
-Were there any points where you didn't understand what was going on?
-How easy did you find the prose to follow?
-At what points did you naturally stop reading and take a break?
-Were the scenes and settings easy to visualise?
-Did the characters seem to act consistently?
-Were the characters sympathetic?
-Were the characters' motivations clear? When they weren't clear, did it seem as if you were meant to understand, or as if the mystery was a deliberate choice?
(I don't actually think these are all good questions - just brainstorming ideas. I'm sure they could all be improved, supplanted, or cut.)
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(Anonymous) 2020-07-11 08:56 am (UTC)(link)no subject
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(Anonymous) 2020-07-12 07:23 am (UTC)(link)As well as general guides and suggestions, perhaps there is a way to allow people to say what they really want the criticism to concentrate on, or what they would like to reviewer to ignore. For example, I might already know that the story is weak but story is not my main concern - I want to know if my characters work or my world building is not too confusing. That may save annoyance and effort for the reviewer.
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(Anonymous) 2020-07-31 06:27 am (UTC)(link)no subject
The proposed schedule is now up at the next post:
Sign-ups: August 2-7
Matching: August 8-9
Deadline: August 24
Pinch hit deadline: August 31.
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(Anonymous) 2020-08-01 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)no subject