Join us to get and give feedback on a current work-in-progress! All genres welcome. Amy, your host, is currently submitting a middle grade novel.

If you already participate in one SJWG critique group this month, please do not join this one. We want to make sure everyone has a chance to be reviewed!

This Meetup is for four (4) SJWG members to critique each other's works-in-progress. You must submit work in order to participate.

For those new to critique, we're simply a group of fellow writers, claiming no mastery of the English language, yet willing to present our ideas on craft relating to characterization, dialogue, plot, etc.

Participants submit a **double spaced**, 3000 word or fewer manuscript, using 12 pt font. (If you're within \~250 words or so to get to the end of a chapter or a section, that's fine!)

We will use Google Drive to share documents. You must request access to the Google Drive early in order to participate. Here is how to be a functional member of this critique group:

**Step 1.** RSVP Yes to the Meetup. You will be asked a question, about whether or not you have requested access to the Google Drive.

**Step 2.** Once you have RSVPed to the Meetup, IMMEDIATELY [request access to this Google Drive folder](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GpDWbPR-0BjxocllZEc7zGqlyn5fp2P6?usp=drive_link). See the video below if you do not understand how to do this. (Note: As of October 2024, I'm trying to have the next 3 months use one folder. We'll see how it goes.)

**Step 3.** You will receive an email granting access to the Google Folder at some point before the deadline. Again, please make the request SOON after you RSVP. If you RSVP late, that's fine--I'll check the day of the deadline, so be sure to have your work ready!

**Step 4.** Upload your documents to the Google Folder, whenever you are ready, before the deadline. (Amy is trying to get hers in there when she makes the folder! Not always successfully, but usually.) To enter the Google folder, you can click the link above, or the link found in your email. You will need to be signed in to the Google account (or the account that requested access) in order for this to work Again, see the video below for step-by-step instructions in 3.5 minutes!

**Step 5.** After the deadline to submit works, click on the Google Drive link above, or the one in your email, and provide your critique. It is recommended that you make a copy of the document and rename it; you may also download to MS Word, make your comments, and then re-upload it to the same folder with the changes.

Google Doc or MS Word preferred, PDF also acceptable (but often harder to leave comments).

The deadline to submit work is **Monday, November 11**; I'll (try to) send an email to everyone once all works have been received (but you can also be pro-active and check the folder yourself!) If you submit after the deadline, understand that not all members may be able to review your work.

This will be a virtual session. The link is provided here on the meetup and will not be emailed. Amy will also not email documents, so if you would like to participate.....follow the steps above, please.

On the Friday before the deadline, I'll try to send a reminder to everyone that the deadline is approaching. If at any point I realize you have not requested access to the Google Drive, I may remove your "Yes" RSVP so that others can participate and you are not holding up the process. :)

**How to add your work to the Google Drive critique folder:**
I made a short video to (hopefully) help members who are not familiar with Google Drive upload their work. [https://youtu.be/SJ5-CH7U4j8](https://youtu.be/SJ5-CH7U4j8)

**Critique Resources:**
[Writing a Critique from Hunter College](https://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/handouts/the-writing-process-1/invention/Writing-a-Critique)
[How to give and receive constructive feedback from The Write Life](https://thewritelife.com/tips-for-writing-critique/)
[11 Tips for Critiquing Other Writers from Writers' Relief](https://writersrelief.com/2021/10/14/11-tips-for-critiquing-other-writers-writers-relief/)

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