G. D. Akin wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge of Gotham Writers' > Workshop? How about any other on-line workshops?
I've been amici (inactive lurker) with Critters Workshop (http://www.critters.org/) for a while and was semi-active for a few months. It's focused around weekly critiques of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror writers and has a good mix of true amateurs and some pros (lots of prose, too, obviously). I felt it to be a very nice, well organized community. I keep meaning to return to it, but I always seem to worry about the time commitment. It's really not that bad of a time commitment if you plan ahead for it. Critters allows everyone that is a member in good standing (active) to submit a single manuscript at a time (in an egalitarian first in, first out queue, with an exception for bonafide SFWA and HWA members). The qualification to remain active is to submit 1 critique on someone else's manuscript every week for at least 3 out of every 4 weeks (75%). It's run entirely volunteer, which I think its not-for-profit status is a nice touch (no upsells to classes or ads or lopsided publishing deals). I certainly would recommend checking it out. Critters pushes the importance of the critique over being critiqued and its possible to be an active Critters member and never submit a manuscript of your own, solely for the experience of critiquing, that art of crafting polite and insightful yet relevantly constructive criticism. Hope that helps, -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
