What we’re about
UPDATE (05/27/25): We have 1-2 openings for critique session participants! If you are interested, please reach out. The format is as described below. Our members have become geographically dispersed over the last few years, so all sessions are held online via Zoom. We have also renamed the group from "North Austin Fiction Writing Critique Group" to "Writers on the Storm Critique Group." In-person socials will occasionally happen in Austin, Seattle, and elsewhere.
This group is for fiction writers of any genre and any skill level. If you write regularly and would like to meet with other writers for online critique sessions, please join us. The goal of this group is to give each other support, motivation, and feedback in a friendly, constructive format.
Meetings are held every other week and follow Milford Style workshopping: [thttp://cascadewriters.com/milford-style-workshopping/](http://cascadewriters.com/milford-style-workshopping/). Participants should plan to submit a work to the group every four to six weeks. That schedule encourages us to complete projects and grows our skills in writing, critiquing, receiving feedback, and meeting deadlines.
Meetings follow this schedule:
1:00-1:15: Introductions and announcements
1:15-1:35: Comments on first work (2 min per commenter; 3 min at end for questions from writer)
1:35-1:55: Comments on second work
1:55-2:15: Comments on third work
2:15-2:30: General discussion
We critique work on a rotation. If you do not feel you will have something ready when your turn comes up, you may pass to the next person on the list. Each writer sends out their work for critique at least one week prior to the next meeting via email.
Regarding work to be critiqued:
- Please limit work for critique to 7,500 words or less.
- Short stories, sections of novellas, and novel chapters are welcome. We do not critique poetry or screen plays.
- Please include a brief summary of prior chapters at the beginning of ongoing stories.
- Expect to spend at least an hour reviewing each piece of writing for workshop prior to each meeting. Read the link above about how to give and receive good critiques. Mark up each work and summarize the points you would like to make before the meeting. At the end of each critique, give your marked up pages to the writer.
P.S. Meetup's system for letting me know about new member requests is oddly buggy. If you don't get approved within a couple of days, feel free to DM me.
