Okay! Everyone who indicated that they wanted in should have access to the Crit Group forum on this board now. Please check your access and make sure that you can see it/post there, and if you're interested and you haven't let me know yet, please give me a holler!
I prefer no critiquing form. Especially as I start to get into things here, I'm more likely to just talk about one point. If something was really brilliant or just felt akward, I'd probably focus a couple of comments just on that. I'm far too inexperienced to go into a big huge review.
So, yeah, in sum, I don't think it's worth it for anyone to worry about not joining the group because you're worried you'll be a dick. Unless, you know, you actually are trying to hurt people to make yourself look better. In which case, one of my Clarion West classmates Heather Lindsley ("Mayfly," "Just Do It") has a solution... every time you think of something really clever and devastating to say, give yourself one cool point for how clever you are, and another cool point for your restraint in staying silent. ;-)
Heyup,This group passed me by, I've not had my head as buried in the Forum as usual recently...I'm likely to hold off on posting my fiction for a while (I'm a bit of a stiff), but I'm an enthusiastic critter. Any chance of a set of keys?Simon
If/when you find yourself flipping into third person, it's probably because you want to say something nasty that you don't want to take responsibility for.
I would like to join as well. I've got a couple stories written and loads more rolling inside my head. I also like to read other stories to give others my reactions. The same helps me, so I like to do the same for others.