[stylist] posting, critiquing and editing

[Eve Sanchez]

Chris, I love the idea of exercises for the group. So let's do it. Is this
your assigned exercise for December? What is our deadline? The only way to
do this I think is to just do it and see who is on board. I bet the amount
of participation you get will surprise you. Eve Sanchez

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Chris Kuell <ckuell at comcast.net> wrote:

> Barbara (and others)
>
> One of the best ways to improve your self-editing and writing skills is to
> critique others work. And don't take critique to mean harsh comments, but
> rather, how might I make that better? I'm not a poet, and don't feel in the
> least qualified to critique poetry, but I do enjoy poetry, and I know I
> prefer shorter poems that are subtle, use symbolism and leave me wondering.
> I love a strong image that is expressed in a way that has never occurred to
> me.
>
> I'm more comfortable critiquing prose. I think I have fairly good editing
> skills in that area, in part because I've been studying others work for
> years. I know most of the rules, yes, but I also recognize things that
> don't work, or when a writer overuses a certain word or phrase, or has a
> POV shift, or has flat, cookie-cutter characters, etc... It's much easier
> to spot in others work, but it also helps me to see it in my own.
>
> One idea on sparking life into this group is to post and do writing
> exercises. An example would be to write something--poem, short story,
> memoir, whatever--about Christmas. Set a deadline and everybody post
> something, and comment/critique others posts. I believe it would help us
> all to grow as writers, but when I tried this a few years ago it went over
> about as well aspickle flavored ice cream.
>
> chris
>
>
>
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