HP Concrit Fest!
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dicta_contrionVery 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
Rules & FAQ || Watch
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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Date: 2014-07-15 02:16 pm (UTC)I feel the same way about feedback from non-writers - knowing how the story works to readers is invaluable. Though leaving concrit for art still makes me nervous! Knowing what kinds of things would be helpful to hear...it's going to be a learning experience. Maybe a hard one, but I think a good one. And a little comforting, too, to be doing it in a community of people who are learning the same things.
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Date: 2014-07-15 03:20 pm (UTC)And you are very good at giving positive comments for art, picking up on the little things. So I think you'll do great at concrit too :)
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Date: 2014-07-15 04:11 pm (UTC)