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WRITER'S CRITIQUE GROUPS

"Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it." - Michael Crichton

Critique Group Guidelines: What you need to know before joining a Critique group

Victory Crayne's Guide to critiquing Fiction (good for nonfiction too) -courtesy of Rick Bailey

Coping with Critiquing by Rich Hamper (scroll down for that section) -courtesy of Rick Bailey

Rappatomac Writers Critique Group

Do you want folks to get excited about what you write, hang on every word? Come, join the Rappatomac Writers Critique Group, which meets twice a month, the first and third Thursday of each month. There are two different locations each month. Meetings the first Thursday of each month is from 10 a.m. to noon at Wicomico Parish, in Wicomico Church. And the third Thursday of each month in Warsaw, at Rappahannock Community College, in the Board Room, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The Rappatomac Writerswhere the science of writing meets the art of persuasion is part of the Chesapeake Bay Writers Club, a chapter of Virginia Writers Club. The meetings are free, priceless.

Do you have stories to share? Would you like to write your memories for your children and grandchildren to share? Does a spectacular sunset move you to poetry? Come, join the Rappatomac Writers Critique group where you will find enthusiastic support and gentle critiques to help you on your way—along with fun and laughter to make your journey a pleasant one. If you like to write or listen, have a song in your heart or a poem in your soul, join us once or twice a month, at either or both locations. Bring your stories, chapters, screenplays or poetry to share as we continue to grow and serve the Northern Neck Community!

For more information contact either Linda Underwood or Janet A. Fast.  

Gloucester Critique Circle: Have you wanted to attend a writers group, but none matched your busy schedule? The new Gloucester Writers Critique Circle normally meets the last Saturday of each month at 7:00 PM. See upcoming events on the main menu for this month's schedule and location. Bring your writing or just come and try the group on for size! Prose or poetry, novels or plays, come share them all. We welcome all genres. The Gloucester Writers Critique Circle is part of the Chesapeake Bay Writers Club, a chapter of Virginia Writers Club. The meetings are free, priceless. E-mail Gary Herring or call (804) 694-5646.

Mathews Critique group: meets from 10 A.M. to Noon at the Mathews County Public Library on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Great support for beginning and experienced  writers & Poets. Call Group Coordinator Tom Neiger at (804) 725-2220 if you are interested in attending. (E-Mail Tom).

Williamsburg Critique Group: Meetings are held at 1:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Bailey's home in Williamsburg. If you would like the opportunity to meet other writers, to discuss writing problems, to critique their work and have them critique yours ... join with others who are actively doing it! We help and encourage each other to make writing and publishing a reality! For information contact Rick Bailey at (757) 564-7118 or rvbailey@Verizon.net.

 

WANT TO TEST DRIVE YOUR WORK BEFORE A LIVE AUDIENCE? WANT TO MEET OTHER WRITERS OR HEAR THEIR WORKS READ? THEN WHY NOT JOIN US FOR OPEN MIC (now at two locations)

 

Open Mic Sunday at the Bay School Community Arts Center - first Sunday each month.
Do you enjoy books on tape? Or a great short story? Perhaps an inspiring or humorous poem? If so, plan to join us each on the first Sunday of every month at 2 P.M. when regional writers will step up to the mike and read their original work. The Open Mic meets in Mathews Courthouse and is free and open to the public. 

We encourage all writers in the area to participate or come and be entertained. Those interested in reading should come to the Bay School at 1:45 p.m. on the day of the event and sign up to be included on the program. Readers will be limited one of the following: prose up to 2,500 words; Poetry up to eight minutes presentation time. The Bay School will provide to presenters a table where they can sell their books. For questions, call Paul Stimson at 725-0707.

Open Mic Saturday at the Williamsburg main library - Second Saturday each month

Following the success of providing an Open Mike to the Mathews community, and the positive response we received during our 2007 Expos, we have taken steps to provide the same to the Williamsburg area. The Open Mike concept presents a forum whereby readers and listeners just drop in. This no-registration format gives the casual writer an opportunity to be heard, without making a commitment beforehand --something that beginning writers and first-time readers find comforting. We have a tentative agreement with the Williamsburg Library (near the downtown Colonial Williamsburg area) to meet on the second Saturday of each month, from 2:00-4:00 PM, starting on March 8, 2008. For more information, e-mail Ed von Gehren at vongehren@verizon.net or call (757) 220-9405.
 

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