Your step-by-step guide.
This is super simple. We have integrated the tool into the site so you can configure your setting in your Preferences pane. And you can access it directly here: https://savvyauthors.com/community/account/partner-matching
1) Navigate to your Preferences Panel.
You do this by clicking your icon on the top right of the window and choosing "Preferences"
Once in your Preferences Panel, scroll to the bottom and choose "Crit Partner Matching Options"
That will open to your options pane.
2) Once in the pane you can choose your options:
First, you need to OPT-IN. This just tells us that you plan to participate in the next round of matches.
Once you have opted-in you can decide if you want to be matched if a perfect match cannot be found. We have a lot of very specific genres and subgenres. It may be that we will not have a perfect match in some of them, but we might have someone who writes in a related genre. The SavvyCrew and our Match Director will do their best to find you the closest match. So, click this box if you want to have them hand-craft a match for you in the case our algorithm does not find a perfect match.
3) Choose your writing level.
We focus on your publication level since that can give a good sense of your expectations from a partner.
4) Lastly, choose your genre.
We're taking the 'more is better' approach to this to help us craft the very best match possible. Obviously, you will be automatically matched with someone who is a perfect genre and level match, but if that person has not opted in for the match round, then we manually craft the best match possible using this detailed information. Oh, and if we have missed your sub-genre, let us know! Just contact us!
5) Every two weeks or so we'll run the match tool and notify everyone who is opted in.
After that it's up to you! We have best practices in our FAQ. We do ask that you contact your matches and arrange a schedule that works for you. Since we run this every two weeks, we suggest that you try to complete the crits in two weeks. We've also opened a forum up for you to trade but how you trade pages is totally up to you! Lastly, we've posted our lessons from our Crit Partner Matching program and our Crit checklist which the participants in the classes have found helpful.
6) Crit Partner Feedback.
How do you know you have been matched with a good partner? We cannot guarantee that you have but we can help with the odds some. Therefore we are also launching the Critique Excellence Board (aka Leaderboard) so we can recognize critters who are just superb and you can see if you might be one of them! You can also click on their username and view their profile with information about what they write and a bit about them. From their profile you can see what books they have published, if they have ever taught here at SavvyAuthors, If they have blogged for us, and if they have recommended any service.
After each round, we will ask you to rank the quality of the crit. These are both used to assess if our program is not a good fit for that person and to give points for the Critique Excellence board. There is a lot more on that in the FAQ!
Still have questions? No problem, we are here to help! Just contact us!
This is super simple. We have integrated the tool into the site so you can configure your setting in your Preferences pane. And you can access it directly here: https://savvyauthors.com/community/account/partner-matching
1) Navigate to your Preferences Panel.
You do this by clicking your icon on the top right of the window and choosing "Preferences"
Once in your Preferences Panel, scroll to the bottom and choose "Crit Partner Matching Options"
That will open to your options pane.
2) Once in the pane you can choose your options:
First, you need to OPT-IN. This just tells us that you plan to participate in the next round of matches.
Once you have opted-in you can decide if you want to be matched if a perfect match cannot be found. We have a lot of very specific genres and subgenres. It may be that we will not have a perfect match in some of them, but we might have someone who writes in a related genre. The SavvyCrew and our Match Director will do their best to find you the closest match. So, click this box if you want to have them hand-craft a match for you in the case our algorithm does not find a perfect match.
3) Choose your writing level.
We focus on your publication level since that can give a good sense of your expectations from a partner.
4) Lastly, choose your genre.
We're taking the 'more is better' approach to this to help us craft the very best match possible. Obviously, you will be automatically matched with someone who is a perfect genre and level match, but if that person has not opted in for the match round, then we manually craft the best match possible using this detailed information. Oh, and if we have missed your sub-genre, let us know! Just contact us!
5) Every two weeks or so we'll run the match tool and notify everyone who is opted in.
After that it's up to you! We have best practices in our FAQ. We do ask that you contact your matches and arrange a schedule that works for you. Since we run this every two weeks, we suggest that you try to complete the crits in two weeks. We've also opened a forum up for you to trade but how you trade pages is totally up to you! Lastly, we've posted our lessons from our Crit Partner Matching program and our Crit checklist which the participants in the classes have found helpful.
6) Crit Partner Feedback.
How do you know you have been matched with a good partner? We cannot guarantee that you have but we can help with the odds some. Therefore we are also launching the Critique Excellence Board (aka Leaderboard) so we can recognize critters who are just superb and you can see if you might be one of them! You can also click on their username and view their profile with information about what they write and a bit about them. From their profile you can see what books they have published, if they have ever taught here at SavvyAuthors, If they have blogged for us, and if they have recommended any service.
After each round, we will ask you to rank the quality of the crit. These are both used to assess if our program is not a good fit for that person and to give points for the Critique Excellence board. There is a lot more on that in the FAQ!
Still have questions? No problem, we are here to help! Just contact us!
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