[stylist] What is allowed or not allowed on NFB lists

[slery]

Joe, 

You may wish to try out www.critiquecircle.com it is a wonderful critique
group. You build credits by critiquing other people's works and then you can
have your work critiqued. It is typically about two or three critiques that
you must give before you can request one of your work. There are all genres
and a place for all levels of writing from children's literature to erotica.
Of course, the more graphic material is restricted to more mature audiences
and you have the option of not viewing work that you personally find
offensive.

You must become a member to use the site so that you sign their
confidentiality clause. Basically, you agree that you are not to share or
discuss works outside of the community. No one can guarantee one hundred
percent security but this indicates that your work is not being made public
and is not considered published online. It is a community where you submit
work for edits and helpful feedback. The site also has helpful tools for
working on a novel and helping to keep a private critique group as you post
chapters.

The site also helps with the critiques by providing templates and authors
can ask specific questions that they want looked at in a work.

When using the critique templates, you may need to label a couple of
graphics and or use the JAWS/WE cursor. I haven't posted work lately so I do
not know if they have made any changes in the last eight months. There is a
way to keep the site from refreshing when you are posting your critique. It
refreshes to automatically keep up the word count. When you have your work
up for critique, you can download the file and then open it in Word for
easier viewing. The file does not save as a .doc but you can open it from
within Word.

Since this post is getting long, I will stop there. However, feel free to
ask any questions. I am terrible with my screenreader (still have enough
sight to make my computer work for me without it in many but not all
situations) so my help in that area may be a bit flaky but I will try.

Cindy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joe Orozco
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 2:56 PM
> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] What is allowed or not allowed on NFB lists
> 
> 
> Judith,
> 
> Point taken.  I am not oblivious to the vulnerabilities of 
> younger audiences.  Yet, I wish the general description of 
> the list would have specified the PG nature of the forum.  I 
> do not want people to believe my writing is of a bloody and 
> crude nature.  I do not purposely seek to gross people out, 
> but if my character, a troubled youth with violent 
> tendencies, is to be believable, he needs to express himself 
> in a manner that is conducive to his persona.  He's going to 
> cuss.  He's going to get into fights.  I certainly do not 
> want children to imitate this behavior, but naturally the 
> plot would also consist of anecdotes that ultimately help the 
> teenager see the errors of his ways.  I am more than happy to 
> share work that is clean in all respects, but then, does 
> anyone have suggestions on other online forums where my other 
> work can be reviewed at face value?  As part of the business 
> I am building I thought of creating a writer's critique group 
> that would allow for such discussions.  I can move forward 
> with that project, but I suppose there is also something to 
> be said for not reinventing the wheel.  This list has a 
> collection of writers from all over the country, even our 
> neighbors to the north, and I felt it would be an excellent 
> place to get some tough love about what is working and what 
> is not.  In the end I wish we could just be clear about the 
> guidelines. Robert, I thought, had pretty much laid the 
> matter to rest in his presidential message.  Lori felt 
> otherwise, and now we're going to David Andrews?  Maybe we 
> just need to put on our authoritative caps and decide one way 
> or another.  At this rate we're spending more time talking 
> about writing and spending less time actually writing.  
> Feedback of this variety does not count. *grin*
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Joe
> 
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up 
> their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn 
> up at all."--Sam Ewing 
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