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dicta_contrion) wrote2014-07-14 01:28 pm
dicta_contrion) wrote2014-07-14 01:28 pm
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HP Concrit Fest!
Very excited to say that I'm signed up for the new HP Concrit Fest!
As the name suggests, the fest is designed for giving and getting feedback on the strengths and weakness of your writing. What the name alone doesn't tell you is how thoughtfully the fest has been designed. Entries will be closed to community members, so no one outside of the community will see your comments unless you choose to make them public at the end of the fest. Written submissions will be between 2k and 7k to keep the commenting commitment manageable (and to avert the temptation to turn everything into a 30k mini-epic *cough*me*cough*) and the deadline is almost a whole three months away. Participants agree to comment on half the entries and will give at least one point of positive and one point of constructive criticism and flaming is strictly forbidden, so feedback should really give a sense for both what could be improved and what's already strong. And, with more and more people joining in - they're up to 19 participants already - it looks like it will be a really well-rounded group.
The kicker for me was that I haven't seen and can't remember hearing about something like this before. That could be a product of relative newness, but whether or not that's the case it seems like a not-to-be-missed opportunity to work at getting better with a community of people who want to do the same and who share the underlying love of fandom and fanworks.
So! Check it out! And consider joining in. My (possibly ridiculously kinkysmuttywrong) entry is already underway and I very much want to share the excitement!
Share the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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A Harry Potter Fest for Constructive Criticism
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As the name suggests, the fest is designed for giving and getting feedback on the strengths and weakness of your writing. What the name alone doesn't tell you is how thoughtfully the fest has been designed. Entries will be closed to community members, so no one outside of the community will see your comments unless you choose to make them public at the end of the fest. Written submissions will be between 2k and 7k to keep the commenting commitment manageable (and to avert the temptation to turn everything into a 30k mini-epic *cough*me*cough*) and the deadline is almost a whole three months away. Participants agree to comment on half the entries and will give at least one point of positive and one point of constructive criticism and flaming is strictly forbidden, so feedback should really give a sense for both what could be improved and what's already strong. And, with more and more people joining in - they're up to 19 participants already - it looks like it will be a really well-rounded group.
The kicker for me was that I haven't seen and can't remember hearing about something like this before. That could be a product of relative newness, but whether or not that's the case it seems like a not-to-be-missed opportunity to work at getting better with a community of people who want to do the same and who share the underlying love of fandom and fanworks.
So! Check it out! And consider joining in. My (possibly ridiculously kinkysmuttywrong) entry is already underway and I very much want to share the excitement!
Share the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
–A Harry Potter Fest for Constructive Criticism
Rules & FAQ || Watch
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The length thing…yeah, intimidating as hell, and I’m totally writing a PWP. So, hey, if you go that route you won’t be alone! I’m thinking of it as “porn with character development” instead of “porn without plot” but, you know, it’s both. Writing shorter pieces is something I want to work on, so there was an inducement there in addition to the intimidation factor, but when I thought about what I would want feedback on - smut, character development, nonverbal communication, whether what I think is subtle is actually subtle vs invisible or forced, a bunch of other stuff that’s escaping me at the moment - a PWP lent itself pretty well to that. And it’s going to be sort of small-scale (two characters in a room one moment in time, which, I'd probs do something similar even if it wasn't porny) so it can still feel complete and fleshed out in 7k. That has everything to do with what I want feedback on and your mileage may vary, but thinking in those terms was helpful re: considering whether/how on earth I could tell a story in less than 7k. Which did seem kind of impossible! But I *think* is working. Hopefully.
The thing that really got me off the fence, though, was that it’s such a unique opportunity. That and some inducement from my beta. Which I am more than happy to pass on. *entices*