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The Prose folder is OPEN
Thanks to our dedicated prose critics who have whittled away at the backlog and gotten it down to a suitable level. Excellent work guys (and gals)!
I hope that April was a productive month, both with NaPoWriMo and ScriptFrenzy. I hope that the literary challenges didn't overwhelm you and that you conquered them with pride. If you were behind, and the pressure of writing every day did get to you, you now have a long time to relax and prepare yourself for NaNoWriMo later in the year. For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about - it's ok! Nothing had changed.
As you know, the prose folder was closed for quite a while. This was due to a large backlog, which was due to the fact that many critics weren't doing their jobs. Those critics have, since then, either been demoted or have left due to personal reasons.
We have, since then, gathered more critics into our fold - and they are proving to be reliable and good in their jobs. Thus the folder reopened! On our main page is a list of the critics and what they critique. This is to let you, the members, know who is who. Hopefully you will visit their pages and browse their works, as many of them put in so much effort here and desperately need comments on their own work. You don't have to be a critic to leave a positive comment, so go make their day.
On that note, if you ever feel that a critic has been unduly negative in their critique, or if they are critiquing you in person and not your work, please note *MagicalJoey (with a note appropriately titled so I know what it's about) and I will try to solve the problem. Remember though, that a good critique sometimes has to be harsh, and you posted your work for critique. If the work is especially meaningful to you, and you know that you can't accept anything possibly 'negative' in a comment, then don't submit it here. Remember: we critique everything that is submitted --> except for pieces that flout the rules. (Rules can be found further down in this journal.)
Please also note, that as we are a critique group, we don't promote your works. If you are looking for more exposure, please don't submit to us and waste both our time and yours.
I also want to ask you, as members, to try and bring new members in to the group. I am sure that you have many watchers and friends who would like constructive comments/critiques on some of their work - invite them to join us. If you can't physically invite them, then get them to come to our page and click 'join'. Requests to join are automatically accepted (I think) and if they aren't I accept all join requests.
Rules:
Poetry Rules
Prose Rules
Critiquing Philosophy:
Borrowed from #Critical-Fame-Poetry
When we critique a poem, or prose, entry we are not arguing against your work, you don’t have to defend it.When we critique a poem, or prose entry, we are not saying it’s awful, or terrible, or anything of the sort. See below.When we critique a poem, or prose entry we are giving an opinion—not a mandate.When we critique a poem, or prose entry we try choose one that is already pretty good. We don’t want to waste our time on something that can’t be improved upon or one where we know the author doesn’t want to improve upon it.When we critique a poem, or prose entry we thoroughly research what we suggest. We’re not just talking out of our asses.When we critique a poem, or prose entry, we put a lot of effort into it. We read, reread, write, rewrite, etc. we can put an hour or more into an in-depth critique.When we critique a poem, or prose entry we don’t expect you to agree with all or any of the suggestions, and we don’t expect you to change anything. If you do, kudos. If you don’t, at least you've been open-minded.When we critique a poem, or prose entry we are as respectful as we know how to be. We are hard asses, but we’re not malicious.When we critique a poem, or prose entry we try to keep in mind that we are fallible, and no matter how meticulously we’ve researched and how hard we’ve worked, we know sometimes we’re wrong.When we critique a poem, or prose entry we are absolutely aware that our own poetry can need as much or more work. Our suggestions are humble.This is the critiquing philosophy we are following, as well as the fact that everything submitted will, in time, be critiqued.
Again, thanks to #Critical-Fame-Poetry for the philosophy.
Jo
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