<li>Pick one of these two categories to pay attention to first and read, then read for the second</li>
<li>Critique tomorrow, but preview: we’re not tearing a text apart, we’re asking it questions:<ul>
<li>How did we feel the plot worked? Was there a structure? Could we follow it?</li>
<li>What was told? What was left out? How did (not) knowing make us feel?</li>
<li>What type of language usage was there? Word choice? Style?</li>
<li>How about emotional impact? Was the story impactful? Did the mechanics help or hinder us?</li>
<li>Was it evocative? Was it furry? Did that work?</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Be ready to summarize</li>
<li>10 mins to read</li>
<li><sub>~</sub></li>
<li>Have someone summarize</li>
<li>Talk through the mechanical and subjective layers, drilling down into specifics</li>
<li>Talk through how the exercise felt<ul>
<li>was it useful? Tiring? Enjoyable?</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Tomorrow, we’ll go through critiquing writing and actually workshop a piece — one of mine that has already been workshopped and published, so just an example of critiquing for a present author.</li>
<li>Optional homework:<ul>
<li>Write a short ~500 word snippet (or pick one already written) to go through a gentle workshop, think about what we talked through today while writing</li>
<li>Email it to me and I’ll put it online for all to read in the workshop</li>
<li>Talk about your engagement with the piece — remember list of questions from yesterday</li>
<li>Author:<ul>
<li>Listen to feedback and take in the ways your work affected others</li>
<li>Will talk about writing for workshops tomorrow</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Types of workshops and such<ul>
<li>Silent author<ul>
<li>How that works</li>
<li>Why — active listening, no shaping responses</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Participatory discussion<ul>
<li>Better for pieces earlier in process</li>
<li>Feedback as to where to take it</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The role of the facilitator<ul>
<li>Prevent stalling</li>
<li>Keep on track</li>
<li>Pay attention to mood, etc</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Tone<ul>
<li>Talk to the piece, not the author — some don’t even use the author’s name, pretend they aren’t there (not particularly a fan, but also stay away from addressing comments to ‘you’)</li>
<li>Talk about yourself, your responses, your questions</li>
<li>Changing language<ul>
<li>Stay away from generating shared values/taste</li>
<li>Imagine and invite change</li>
<li>We don’t want to over-reward author because then it becomes less about creativity and more about writing for success</li>
