Soft Guidelines for F&C
Nov 15, 2010 12:17:55 GMT -8
Post by PRINCESS TROLLESTIA on Nov 15, 2010 12:17:55 GMT -8
This is a thread for some basic soft guidelines for Feedback and Critique. By "soft guidelines" I mean that the following is a basic rule of thumb when posting here as a courtesy to your readers and critique-rs.
You will not get in trouble with the mods or staff if you do not follow these guidelines to a T, rather we ask that you try to follow them as much as they can possibly apply to your work for everyone else's convenience.
I. Thread Creation and Titling.
1. Include the title of the piece you wish to be critiqued in your thread title. If it is a full novel, or just a chapter, please denote so in the title as well.
2. Include a word-count in the title of the thread, if you can. A rough estimate (i.e. "2k," "150 w") is completely acceptable.
3. It is okay to have separate threads for different chapters of the same work, but obviously keep the title of the novel/novella you are writing in the thread title.
II. Posting Your Work
1. Include a synopsis of the current piece you wish to have critiqued, and if it is part of a larger body of work (e.g., a chapter of a book, a book in a trilogy/series) please include the synopsis of that. If you have not written one, well consider it good practice to attempt to write one in general. If you are not comfortable with releasing all the details of your work, put them in spoiler tags.
2. Post a fully edited copy (free of grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors1) of your work.
III. Replying and responding.
1. Obviously, don't be a jerk when critiquing. If you are being critiqued, prepare for frank, clear honesty about your work. If you cannot do either, you should not be posting in this forum.
2. Don't be vague. Posts like "this is great!" and "this is bad!" are not helpful to anyone. As far as I am concerned, they not critiques or reviews, and have no place here.
3. If you get critiques, give them back. For every review and critique you receive from members, it is courtesy to return the favor. If they have not posted something to be critiqued, then look at other works that you have not critiqued and give them your feedback. Don't be a selfish jerk, and help your fellow TSer.
1Please refer to this hilarious and educational image on proper punctuation
2 Both GoogleDocs and DropBox are free sites where you can upload and share your work with other people online. GoogleDocs gives you one full gig and you must upload directly to their page, whereas DropBox gives you two free gigs (you can pay annually for more if you need the space) and software so that you can sync directly to your account, just by dropping files into a special folder on your computer. I use both at the same time so I have multiple copies of my work.
I cannot stress this enough: BACK UP YOUR FUCKING WORK. BACK IT UP FREQUENTLY.
You will not get in trouble with the mods or staff if you do not follow these guidelines to a T, rather we ask that you try to follow them as much as they can possibly apply to your work for everyone else's convenience.
I. Thread Creation and Titling.
1. Include the title of the piece you wish to be critiqued in your thread title. If it is a full novel, or just a chapter, please denote so in the title as well.
2. Include a word-count in the title of the thread, if you can. A rough estimate (i.e. "2k," "150 w") is completely acceptable.
3. It is okay to have separate threads for different chapters of the same work, but obviously keep the title of the novel/novella you are writing in the thread title.
II. Posting Your Work
1. Include a synopsis of the current piece you wish to have critiqued, and if it is part of a larger body of work (e.g., a chapter of a book, a book in a trilogy/series) please include the synopsis of that. If you have not written one, well consider it good practice to attempt to write one in general. If you are not comfortable with releasing all the details of your work, put them in spoiler tags.
2. Post a fully edited copy (free of grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors1) of your work.
- A. Copy and paste your text behind spoiler tags directly into your post, taking care to separate paragraphs. You can use the formatting tags here if you need to.
- B. Post a link to an uploaded copy of your work where readers can download them to read. Such sites are GoogleDocs and Dropbox2.
III. Replying and responding.
1. Obviously, don't be a jerk when critiquing. If you are being critiqued, prepare for frank, clear honesty about your work. If you cannot do either, you should not be posting in this forum.
2. Don't be vague. Posts like "this is great!" and "this is bad!" are not helpful to anyone. As far as I am concerned, they not critiques or reviews, and have no place here.
3. If you get critiques, give them back. For every review and critique you receive from members, it is courtesy to return the favor. If they have not posted something to be critiqued, then look at other works that you have not critiqued and give them your feedback. Don't be a selfish jerk, and help your fellow TSer.
1Please refer to this hilarious and educational image on proper punctuation
2 Both GoogleDocs and DropBox are free sites where you can upload and share your work with other people online. GoogleDocs gives you one full gig and you must upload directly to their page, whereas DropBox gives you two free gigs (you can pay annually for more if you need the space) and software so that you can sync directly to your account, just by dropping files into a special folder on your computer. I use both at the same time so I have multiple copies of my work.
I cannot stress this enough: BACK UP YOUR FUCKING WORK. BACK IT UP FREQUENTLY.
