RULES for critiques

[Brad R. Torgersen]

Please be aware of the general rules of the Contest before engaging in critique exchange. Ergo, no part of your story, nor its title, nor your name being attached to the story or the title, must be revealed publicly, otherwise you risk disqualification. WOTF is a "blind" event in that stories arrive at the judges' in-boxes with names stripped off.

Therefore...

1. You cannot mention anything of the story you need critiqued if it is an entry or potential entry for the Writers of the Future Contest.

2. You must, basically, initiate a call for critiquers to look at your story via a post with your e-mail and any other contact information they want to share.

3. Critiquers respond to the writer via e-mail or Bulletin Board Private Message. Not through the forum itself.

Fairly simple. But if I see people posting actual story content to the forum, I'm going to delete it.

[MJNL]

Wow, it even gets its own sub-forum. Awesome! Thanks, Brad.

[Brad R. Torgersen]

Thank WriteToLive, as it was his (her?) idea.

[MJNL]

Yes, thank you WriteToLive!

[WriteToLive]

I am a mystery, wraped in an enigma, wrapped in a puzzle, wrapped in a dodecahedron, wrapped in a candy bubble gum exterior...

I guess I never posted my name on here when I introduced myself, did I ^_^;

My name is Michael, so I am a him.

And it was nothing. I just figured I wouldn't mind you guys taking a look at a each other's works. It always makes the next work better, after all.

[kyle]

My name is Michael, so I am a him.

Just for the record, I do know a Michael who is a her. Yes, it's on her birth certificate that way. To make matters even more confusing, she married a Michael who is a him.

This is why I always address my cover letters "Dear editor's full name:" and not "Dear Mr./Ms. so-and-so:" Even names that are dead giveaways of gender aren't.

Obviously, I believe you when you say you're a him, but I wouldn't have assumed that.

[gower21]

ohhh going to stretch my legs out in the new forum!! Thanks Michael for getting it started and Brad for putting it up.

[Pensake]

I was to meet a friend for lunch and he was bringing an old friend with him. He told me his friends name was Lynn. I thought "OK, he's bringing a date." NOPE... was an old college buddy of his. So yeah, good idea not going with gender specific salutations.

[Kary English]

The movers and shakers in my son's Scout Troop are Pete, Fred, Danny, Jo and Chris. 3 of the 5 are women. You pick. :D

(Answer: Pete, Fred and Danny!)