Critique Rules
The following is a very brief list of rules for the critique session. These are not hard-fast rules, but they are put in place to streamline the process of the session. While I like things to be rigid and on schedule, I am not hard-nosed enough to yell at people for stepping out of bounds.
Read the story before the session; you're better able to comprehend it and react to it than if you read it just before the session.
Come with comments and critique of the story; there's no help to the author if you don't.
Please get there early because we will start on time at 1:00 pm.
If you are the author whose story is being discussed, please take the opportunity to listen to the discussion. We will let you have your say (defense of your story) at the end of the discussion. This allows for the discussion to go unhindered, uninterrupted, and stay on track.
When you are critiquing, please keep in mind that this is someone's story. If you don't like it, give reasons: don't be rude about it. You don't want someone else to be rude when it comes to your story.
Be respectful of other peoples' tastes. Some stories may not be ones that you would normally read, but read them completely and thoroughly and offer comments on the storytelling and the comprehension of the work. There is no need to make comments based on taste or choice of genre.
When discussing, keep comments about grammar, syntax, word choice, and other such topics to a minimum unless it is integral to the discussion of the way the story is told.
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