Membership Guidelines
General Information
• Group consists of 6 members
• Submissions can be middle grade or young adult short stories, synopsis, queries or chapters from novels
Submissions
• 2 members submit weekly by Monday midnight
• Submission length should be 1 chapter or short story under 2500 words
• If you wish to pass your spot, notify group and someone else may substitute in your place
• All submissions are the right of their owner and cannot be used without writer’s permission
Critiques
• For each submission, members must return a critique, including during the week of individual submission.
• Critiques should be sent to the entire group.
• Make comments throughout the text as well as a general comment at the beginning of the critique.
• Critiques should be positive, constructive, and encouraging
• Critiques are due by Monday midnight
• If you are unable to give your submission on time, be courteous by notifying the submitting writer of your delay
Moderator
• Acts as the communicator for the group
• Will send out a submission schedule at the beginning of each month and a reminder on each Monday (if possible).
• Notify group of potential candidates and communicate with potential candidates
• Moderator duty will rotate at each season- change over will take place in October, January, April, and July
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
Hello. My name is Allison Cohenour. I have always been interested in writing a novel. In fact, I have begun several in the past, but never seemed to make it past the first hundred pages. Professionally, I am a grant writer and editor, so I write and read others’ work often, but, obviously advertising collateral and federal proposals aren’t particularly “creative” writing.
I would like to join a group of women who are more experienced in the genre of young adult literature. The novel I began in July is really the beginning for a series of books. I took all of the characters from my previous work and put them together into a combined plot that will, I hope, not only be an exciting story, but will increase readers’ interest in literature and the history of art.
I read your membership guidelines, and I am willing to agree to them, should you be willing to consider another member. I also really like the idea of weekly deadlines. A chapter a week is an attainable goal, and if other people are relying on your participation, then procrastination is not an option. (on my own, procrastination is often an option.)
Thank you for your time and attention. Good luck with all of your writing, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Allison
Thanks so much for your post, Allison, but at the moment we’re full up (max 6 writers). Thanks so much, for your interest, though!
Debbie