Local Critiquing Group
I’m getting ready to attend my first local critiquing group meeting tomorrow evening. It’s organised by fellow 2004 WriMo Sharon Bakar at her house. I was supposed to have attended last month’s, but could not due to father’s ill-health (which turned out to be double pneumonia, from which he has come through admirably).
What happens at a local critiquing group meeting? We eat (Sharon’s preparing supper), we chat (preferably about writing), and we give comments on stories that have been circulated among the group a few days earlier. Oh, Sharon explains it better – here’s her account of last month’s meeting.
Now, I’m no stranger to such critiquing groups, having been active in two online writing groups a few years ago. But those were “online”; this one’s “offline”, happening in real-time, “live”, face-to-face. And one of the two stories to be critiqued tomorrow evening came from me. *gulp*
Sharon’s account of last month’s meeting spoke of the group being “honest without being hurtful” (she was quoting Leah, actually), and I can believe that. Having chatted with her a few times, I have found Sharon to be gentle and downright enthusiastic about writing. With her leading the group, I’m sure it’ll be a good session.
I’m looking forward to the meeting tomorrow. Especially the food … nah, kidding.
If I survive the critique, I’ll be writing a follow-up to this.
