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Speed Dating for Crit Partners: Winter 2019 Edition

Writing Life Speed Dating for Crit Partners: Winter 2019 Edition

Level
Mixed
Basic and Premium Members Prices
$40 payment for Basic members will be applied to your SavvyAuthors Premium Membership
Category
  1. Writer's Life
  2. Critique
Last year we stumbled over a great new way to find critique partners. The response was so positive we are running this again!

Finding a critique partner can be one of the most difficult parts of writing, but having a crit partner that understands your work - and you - can make the difference between writing success and limping along. Let's face it...we've all tried different ways to find crit partners and found that each of them just doesn't hit the mark. After trying time and again to find a critique partner, many of us left are asking the same questions.
  • How do you find someone who writes like you?
  • Who shares your writing goals and is willing to help you while you help them?
We're taking a page from one of the most successful dating experiences: Speed Dating! During the months of January and February we will have an event that matches you with a series of crit partners for one week of guided critiquing activities! Then we'll go to the next partner and critique again. By the end of the event, you will have critiqued and had your work critiqued by 5 people who, like you, are looking for that perfect critique partner. Will you find a match? We can't say for sure, but we can say that we will provide a safe, fun and mentored way to work through the process!

Come join us for two months of Crit Speed Dating and find your match!
Other events or classes in this series
Syllabus
Week 1: Learn the basics of critique
Weeks 2-6: Critique 5 different chapters from 5 different people and have your chapters critiqued by same. Meanwhile, learn different critique tools and techniques each week.
Week 7: Finish up and see if you have found a mutual match!
Class Format
scfsd
Author
Leslie
Start date
Jan 21, 2019 at 5:00 PM
End date
Mar 10, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Registration end date
Jan 25, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Rating
4.37 star(s) 27 ratings

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I agree with Jan, I enjoyed the class and the exchanges that I did receive, but there wasn't enough time to interact with everyone (as a couple of my potential partners couldn't get back to me due to work/life issues). Thanks though and I would be interested again if you do it in the summer.
This was a good class, but I don't feel like I walked away with a critique partner. I think there could have been more communication between the critiquers and that might have helped. I enjoyed the pieces I critiqued.