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Critique Group
Kansas City Writer's Group “To bear critique shows one's courage; however, accepting it mirrors the way of knowledge and wisdom.” ― Ehsan Sehgal
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NOTICE... We Are Meeting ONLINE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Country Club Christian Church 6101 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64113 |
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The Critique Group functions as a point of discussion for "works in progress" as provided members. The group leaders included Mary-Lane Kamberg, Deborah Shouse and Sally Jadlow. They are all widely published, professional writers and editors who are willing to share what they know with other writers regardless of experience or achievement.
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Fall 2020
10-Week ZOOM ROOM Session
September 10 - November 12, 2020 Thursdays 10:15 a.m. to Noon Fee: $65.00 Please make checks payable to: Mary-Lane Kamberg
Send To: 2128 E. 144th St., Olathe, KS 66062-2355 Payments can also be made using VENMO: @Mary-Lane-Kamberg, or Credit/debit card (see below) |
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Fall 2020 ZOOM ROOM Critique Session
Create. Critique. Connect. Join KC Writer's Group fall semester 2020
Here’s a unique opportunity to improve your work while connecting with a caring and insightful community of writers.
Please join the KANSAS CITY WRITERS GROUP in the Zoom Room where it happens for this autumn’s critique session.
We’ll meet from 10:15-12:00 on Thursdays, September 10-November 12, with a holiday celebration on Thursday December 3.
Create. Critique. Connect. Join KC Writer's Group fall semester 2020
Here’s a unique opportunity to improve your work while connecting with a caring and insightful community of writers.
Please join the KANSAS CITY WRITERS GROUP in the Zoom Room where it happens for this autumn’s critique session.
We’ll meet from 10:15-12:00 on Thursdays, September 10-November 12, with a holiday celebration on Thursday December 3.
- Members turn in up to 3 poems single-spaced (or whatever), or prose of 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in 12-pt. Times New Roman: part of a book, a short story, article or essay. We also critique query letters, synopses and book proposals. The leader then does a line edit and comments in writing on the piece. At a subsequent meeting, the leader reads the piece aloud to the group the way the author wrote it.
- Our meetings begin with “Market News,” which is a time (some call it “brag time”) to pass around recently published work, announce awards, acceptances or rejections, signing with an agent, sales of books, articles, stories, or poems. It’s also a time for such general announcements as when someone is doing a poetry reading or appearing on TV or on the radio or passing around an article in the newspaper about one of us. Also during Market News, we share guidelines or Web sites for markets we have found. It’s sort of a show and tell time.
- We’ll follow the general format of our in-person class, reading aloud each submission, followed by a group critiquing session. We like to try to read pieces by authors whose work hasn’t yet been heard that semester before we repeat an author. Also, the author must be in class the day the piece is read and critiqued. If he/she isn’t there, we just save it ‘til the next time they are there. We have found that it benefits the writer to hear someone else read the piece aloud. The writer often catches things he/she did not notice in written form.
- The class then comments on the piece with the goal of helping it become more publishable. Comments may address grammatical or factual errors, comments on structure, characterization, etc., or just how the piece “hits us” as readers. Sometimes, the class even suggests a different plot twist. Other times, someone may suggest a market for the piece. It’s pretty much up for grabs. Comments usually include both positive and negative points. But we don’t attempt to change content. We are trying to help the author say what he or she is trying to say.
- Either Mary-Lane Kamberg or Deborah Shouse will do a detailed critique of each manuscript and email it to the author after class.
- During class, we’ll display each mss on a shared screen for those who like to read along.
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Register by August 30, 2020
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Other Payment Methods include:
VENMO:
VENMO:
- @Mary-Lane-Kambeg ...or,
- Please email or phone Mary-Lane with your card number, expiration date, security code, and ZIP code:
- MLKwriter@yahoo.com
- (913) 764-4950 (land line with answering machine)
- (913) 424-8797 (text)
We look forward to an enriching experience with you.
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"This group was the most educational and fun program since 1/2 through my Master's Degree." --- Trish Miller, poet |
