By Rebecca
Light
The Santa
Monica library buzzed with picture book writers this month at the Westside
Writers Lit Mingle, as we met for a night of manuscript critique.
Picture book
writers brought six copies of a manuscript to be read and critiqued by fellow
Minglers. We broke up into groups of four to six people with at least three
manuscripts to be critiqued at each table.
In our
groups, we took turns reading each other’s manuscripts out loud. Using the “sandwich”
method, those critiquing shared something they loved about the piece, moved
into a few constructive notes, then ended on an observation of something that
worked really well. Beginning and ending on positive notes kept the creative
energy up and discouragement checked at the door.
Please join us for the April Westside Lit Mingle where we will have our
middle grade and young adult critique night. All you MG & YA writers out
there get your five page excerpts ready!
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