Comments on: Giving and Receiving Feedback in a Writers’ Group

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By: Anne Skyvington

Anne Skyvington — Fri, 30 May 2014 09:49:59 +0000

In reply to Kerry Lown Whalen.

Hi Kerry
I think I replied to this, but as I can’t see it, I’m replying again. Thanks for your feedback. It’s great to have input from other writing groups.

By: dinadavis2013

dinadavis2013 — Fri, 30 May 2014 04:44:06 +0000

Thanks, Anne, for posting these guidelines, which we’ve both worked on and modified over the years. It’s important to remember that we’re critiqueing the work, not the person who wrote it. If anything in the author’s work is distressing, and you are unable to detach from it, it’s best to withhold criticism while recognising the power of the writer to arouse such feelings.

By: Anne Skyvington

Anne Skyvington — Wed, 28 May 2014 02:17:01 +0000

In reply to Susan Skyvington. Thanks Susan. Your input re Kindle is welcome. Anne

By: Susan Skyvington

Susan Skyvington — Wed, 28 May 2014 00:15:51 +0000

Good read, thank you. Kindle is the best for e(zy)reading, I believe, though they have such strong ownership of all your purchases. And small being beautiful, the new Kindle Paperwhite weighs only 220 grams. This site is a bit of a stretch for me as it requires one to log in – ie. to remember a password, and one has to remember so many of them!

Susan S

By: Anne Skyvington

Anne Skyvington — Tue, 27 May 2014 22:02:02 +0000

In reply to Kerry Lown Whalen. Thanks for the comment, Kerry. Always great to hear from you. Anne

By: Anne Skyvington

Anne Skyvington — Tue, 27 May 2014 22:01:18 +0000

In reply to Kay Dunne. Thanks Kay for the comments. All the way from your writing course in Dublin! Do hop;e it's all going well. Looking forward to reading your novel soon. Anne

By: Kay Dunne

Kay Dunne — Mon, 26 May 2014 08:32:54 +0000

Thanks Anne for the guidelines. I particularly like points 2 and 3 in ‘Giving Criticism’, which provide some guidance to what to look for. Great also to have guidelines for receiving feedback, which is less often considered.
Caution is a good idea, if you don’t like or don’t read a particular genre. Perhaps it’s a matter of making this clear before offering feedback.
Something I’ve found useful, which can get around some of the sensitivities, is for the writer to indicate what stage the writing is at, e.g., first draft, and/or what aspects she/he would like the ‘critiquers’ to focus on.

By: Kerry Lown Whalen

Kerry Lown Whalen — Mon, 26 May 2014 04:51:20 +0000

The guidelines provided for both giving and receiving criticism are useful. I’m not sure whether criticism should be withheld if one does not like or read a particular genre. Most writers/readers can distance themselves from the subject matter and offer valuable suggestions for improving style or word choice irrespective of the genre.
I can think of a particular writer who brought her work to the group each week for criticism. She was re-writing Genesis as a love story. The names, places and events were foreign to me, and yet I was swept along by the story and inspired by it. She also wrote horror stories and science fiction, neither of which I read. This writer was dyslexic and appreciated the way I could re-cast her sentences to clarifiy meaning and to swap paragraphs around for greater emphasis.
Often we know whether the recipient of criticism will be able to accept it. Sometimes suggestions
can be made in writing on the piece of work rather than orally. This gives the writer an opportunity
to go home and think about the criticism made by the group. She can then read the written
suggestions and act on them if she feels inclined.
Criticism can be excoriating, especially if it is made by someone lacking empathy. Tact and
kindness should be foremost in a critic’s mind.