Announcing YWS Reviewing Week!

Nate · 2006-11-29T15:04:57Z

YWS Reviewing Week will be running from today to December 6. During this time, look for a whole bunch of articles on how to critique well, and how to balance criticism with praise. There will be a listing of all the articles written on the front page, and an e-mail will be sent out with excerpts from each. In the meantime, you can find all the articles here in the Squills forum or over in the Writing Tips forum. Also, this weekend we'll be having the second "Crazy Review Weekend!" To participate, all you need to do is reply here and commit yourself to at least ten reviews over Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And always keep in mind that we're all here for one thing: to help each other out.

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Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:19 am

Sam says... · Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:19 am

Ooh! Me too!

I've only critiqued three things this November...need to catch up, yes?

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Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:13 am

Skye says... · Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:13 am

This is perfect! Dreamy needs her long-overdue Chair crit, lol.

I'm so in.

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Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:32 am

Meshugenah says... · Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:32 am

I'll do it! Or at least get a few crits out while trying!

(and when I'm not working on that shakespeare project -- maybe I'll stick to poetry for this, then, might be easier on my brain

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Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:20 am

Myth says... · Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:20 am

Another question, do we chose what we critique or do people request for them?

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Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:01 pm

-KayJuran- says... · Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:01 pm

Skye wrote:This is perfect! Dreamy needs her long-overdue Chair crit, lol.

I'm so in.

Lol. Ditto.

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Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:27 pm

Jennafina says... · Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:27 pm

Sure, I'll join! That sounds like fun.

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Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:42 pm

Dream Deep says... · Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:42 pm

Ach -- I'm so sorry, Nate, I'm not going to be able to do this, you can take me off the list. -_- I thought I was going to be able to, but it would appear now... not so much. Please forgive.

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Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:27 am

bubblewrapped says... · Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:27 am

I was going to say I'd join in, but I wasnt sure if I could and then my computer died and it kind of slipped my mind. But I remembered today! And I did my 10 crits all in a day! ... um. So yeah. I'm in. LOL.

Got a poem or short story you want me to critique?

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Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:24 pm

Firestarter says... · Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:24 pm

I'm going to do my critiques on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday/ Long work shifts today and yesterday sapped loads of energy (and time) out of me, and this is the first free time I've had all weekend. But I'll start tomorrow morning!

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Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:36 pm

Areida says... · Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:36 pm

One down, nine to go.

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Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:21 am

Nate says... · Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:21 am

So how is everyone coming along? I think there was a misunderstanding initially with the length of it, so you got until December 6 now to make 10 reviews!

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Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:37 am

Trident says... · Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:37 am

Well I've got my ten! But I do plan to crit more.

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Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:41 am

Cassandra says... · Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:41 am

I'm signing up now, I guess; I wasn't sure before whether I'd be able to, but when I realized it went up to the sixth I thought, why not? So I've done 6 so far.

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