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The Critiquey Critique Workshop
Getting the most from critiquing and being critiqued
Host: CWG: Chico Writer’s Group
Type: Education – Workshop
Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009
Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Chico Branch Meeting Room, Butte County Library
Street: 1108 Sherman Avenue
City/Town: Chico, CA
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Agenda
11:00 AM – Craft Workshop: Getting the Most from Critiquing and Being Critiqued
You’ve written your heart and soul out. Worked long, tireless hours perfecting your manuscript and now you ache for feedback other than from Grandma, the cat and your significant others. Fellow writers, perhaps. A critique group. But the size, type and availability of these groups might be far and few between, how can you go about getting the most out of your time spent with them and get the valuable insight you crave and desire? How do you, in turn, provide enough feedback to other authors so they are equally rewarded? We’ll be presenting effective, useful methods which will help you and your fellow writers achieve their goals during this session which is free to the public.
12:00 pm Closed session (members only) Critique Workshop
Manuscripts have been already sent out and members should be in receipt and have responded to the like. The order of these is: R.S.A. followed by K. L.
Our next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 18th, 2009 from 3:30 – 6:30 pm
Writers Workshop Sat., March 7
Agenda
Craft Chat: Creating Suspense
You want your reader to both understand what’s going on and want to keep reading. How do you create mystery without either giving away too much or losing the reader?
Critique Workshop
This segment is only for members-in-good standing. Manuscripts have been delivered, please be prepared to actively critique the three manuscripts. We’ll be working in the following order:
- R. A. S.
- L. H.
- L. G.
Date: Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Time: 4 to 7 p.m.
Place: Chico Branch Meeting Room
(directly across from circulation desk)
Butte County Library
1108 Sherman Avenue (cross street 1st Ave.), Chico
Please note: members are requested to help put everything away after our sessions and check with the organizer before leaving. Thank you.
Craft & Critique Workshop Sat. August 16th
Location: Empire Coffee Shop, Orange Street
Time: 9:00-10:30A.M.
Date: Saturday, August 16th, 2008
RSVP: kathie dot blog at gmail dot com or 530-521-4264
Guests: Open to anyone in the Chico/Paradise/Oroville/Hamilton City/Orland area (or those who can make it to our meeting place!)
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9:00 – 9:30 AM Share and Discuss Assigned Writing Exercise: (Either email a copy to everyone, be prepared to read outloud or bring enough copies for everyone. Contact Kathie for further information and instructions.)
“Character: Write a scene using no physical characteristics to describe a character or characters. Give them movement, dialogue, reactions, but don’t tells us what they look like. How much depth do you get from what it is they say and do?” (from Word Ferret)
9:30 – 10:00 AM Craft Chat: Character
Many craft books and teachings for novice writers suggest a list of questions to answer before writing character. You have seen these questions: What’s the character’s eye color? Where was he born? Hobbies? What’s in his pockets? These answers do not deepen character as real character exploration hasn’t yet occurred. Your goal is to create a character who is real. So what is a better way to think of character? There are a different set of questions that can better draw you into the character’s life. We will explore these.
10:00 – 10:30 AM Manuscript Critique: Manuscript from R. A. S. (please contact Kathie at: kathie dot blog at gmail dot com to request a copy of the manuscript if you have not already received it.) Critique will be lead by Kathie whom will use the following Critique Worksheet (please use this sheet to help guide the critique):
Author Name / Title of Piece
Concept (Scope/Originality)
Plot (Conflict/Crisis/Resolution)
Characterization (Action/Appearance/Thought)
Dialog (Tension/Rhythm/Diction)
Setting (Time and Place/Concrete Detail)
Tone (Language/Style)
Additional Comments
Note: You can download this form by going [here].
This meeting is open to anyone who can physically attend. If you are out of the area but still interested in a writing group, please contact Kathie at kathie.blog@email.com.
UPDATED Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 8:46 AM & 4:03 PM, link to form added 8/14/08 at 9:39 AM
Chico Writer’s Group Critique Workshop Sat. June 14th
Location: Empire Coffee Shop, Orange Street
Time: 9:30-11:30A.M.
Date: Saturday, June 14th, 2008
RSVP: kathie dot blog at gmail dot com or 530-521-4264 by Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Guests: Open to anyone in the Chico/Paradise/Oroville/Hamilton City/Orland area (or those who can make it to our meeting place!)
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New Format!
9:30 – 10:00 AM
Share and Discuss Assigned Writing Exercise: (Either email a copy to everyone, be prepared to read outloud or bring enough copies for everyone. Contact Kathie for further information and instructions.)
“Create a narrative voice that is distinctly different from your own by changing a key element of the character. If you’re a woman, write in a man’s voice. If you’re under thirty, create the voice of a character over sixty. Make a change in appearance or education or background.”
10:00 – 10:30 AM Craft Chat: Voice
Each writer has a distinct personality. Hemingway, for example, would never write like Mark Twain. How does a writer develop her/his voice? What is the difference between voice and style? A writer must master narrative voice. How is it done, and what exactly is it? A story’s voice is created by some fundamental tools a writer must have in their “writer’s toolbox.” We will discuss these and look at how this all works.
10:30 – 11:30 AM Manuscript Critique: Piece by Kathie Leung [download copy here]. Critique will be lead by N. D. Austin whom will use the following Critique Worksheet (please use this sheet to help guide the critique):
Author Name / Title of Piece
Concept (Scope/Originality)
Plot (Conflict/Crisis/Resolution)
Characterization (Action/Appearance/Thought)
Dialog (Tension/Rhythm/Diction)
Setting (Time and Place/Concrete Detail)
Tone (Language/Style)
Additional Comments
Critique Group Sat. May 17th
Chico Writer’s Group Critique Workshop
Location: Empire Coffee Shop, Orange Street
Time: 9:30-11:30A.M.
Date: Saturday, May 17th, 2008
RSVP: kathie dot blog at gmail dot com or 530-521-4264 by Monday, May 12th, 2008
Guests: Open to anyone in the Chico/Paradise/Oroville/Hamilton City/Orland area (or those who can make it to our meeting place!)
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Critique Group Sat. Apr. 26th
Chico Writer’s Group Critique Workshop
Location: Empire Coffee Shop, Orange Street
Time: 9:30-11:30A.M.
Date: Saturday, April 26th, 2008
RSVP: kathie dot blog at gmail dot com or 530-521-4264 by Monday, April 7th, 2008
Guests: Open to anyone in the Chico/Paradise/Oroville/Hamilton City/Orland area (or those who can make it to our meeting place!)
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Critique Group Saturday Apr. 12th
Chico Writer’s Group Critique Workshop
Location: Empire Coffee Shop, Orange Street
Time: 9:00-11:00A.M.
Date: Saturday,April 12th, 2008
RSVP: kathie dot blog at gmail dot com or 530-521-4264 by Monday, April 7th, 2008
Guests: Open to anyone in the Chico/Paradise/Oroville/Hamilton City/Orland area (or those who can make it to our meeting place!)
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Critique Group Sunday, Mar. 9th
Chico Writer’s Group Critique Workshop
Location: CSUC Merriam Library, 4th Floor Event has been closed to general public. If you have not confirmed attendance, you do not have a spot reserved.
From elevators, turn right and right again. Go towards back wall where there are several study tables behind the California Docs.
Note: If it’s nice, we will be meeting outside on the lawn between Laxon Auditorium and the library.
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM Event has been closed.
Date: Sunday, March 9th, 2008
RSVP: kathie dot blog at gmail dot com or 530-521-4264 by Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Guests: Open to anyone in the Chico/Paradise/Oroville/Hamilton City/Orland area (or those who can make it to our meeting place!)
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Critique Group Sunday, Feb. 24th
Event: Regular Critique Workshop
Date: Sunday, February 24, 2008*
Place: Merriam Library, 4th Floor (specifics will be emailed upon confirmation)
or, outside on the lawn between library and Laxom Auditorium if it’s nice.
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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Critique Group Sunday, Feb. 17th
I’m happy to say that our first “official” critique workshop went very well! Of course, that’s my opinion and have yet to hear from the other attendees if that’s a universal feeling or I’m just completely off in LaLa Land. Our next meeting is tentatively set for Sunday, February 17th. The details follow.
If you did not attend nor notified us of a desire to attend the first meeting and would like to come, please leave a comment (remember, your email address is required but never published, sold, traded, put up for a dart board target or otherwise; however without an accurate active address, we won’t be able to respond so please make sure you input it correctly!) and one of us will get back to you with the specifics.
As this is an active critique workshop, everyone intending on attending should have contacted us no later than the Thursday preceding the event (therefore, Thursday, February 14 a.k.a. V-Day) so the pieces we’ll be reviewing can be sent to you in enough time for you to read and participate in the workshop.
Event: Regular Critique Workshop
Date: Sunday, February 17, 2008
Place: Merriam Library, 4th Floor (specifics will be emailed upon confirmation)
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Hope to see you there!
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