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WriterDan
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This is a critique group for writers that will be entering a story into the third quarter of 2010 in the Writers of the Future contest (27th year).

Anyone is welcome to join. If you do though, please follow the directions for such. Currently, the group consists of me: WriterDan

If you want to join the group for this quarter, please re-post the current names list in a reply and then add your name to the bottom.

Tentative deadlines for this quarter are as follows:

Apr 1st: Start writing
May 14th: First drafts out for crits
June 7th: Second drafts out for crits
June 30th: Mail in final drafts

When you send out drafts for critique, please do so in a generic format so that everyone will be able to open your file. (eg. rtf, txt. Pdf is okay too, but won't allow for in-text comments. doc is usually okay too, but you may get asked to resend in a generic format) Please try keep to proper manuscript format so that we can all learn how these things should be correctly submitted. Last, we swap stories via email with addresses listed in the forum. So, be sure to keep your email address current on your profile here at Hatrack.

Also: story limits. The officially published limitation for a Writers of the Future short-story submission is 17,000 words. There is, however, also a page-space limit that comes into play because of hard-copy publication issues (There's only so much room in an $8 book!). Thus there is also an unpublished and fairly-hard limit of 68 pages of properly-formatted manuscript (check out the Vonda McIntyre link below). So when you're writing your entry, be sure to keep both of these story limits in mind!

Finally, (and I know that for some of you this will go without saying) if you sign up to swap stories and/or give critiques please give a full critique of the full story. Don't bail on a story because it just "isn't for you". If there is too much violence/profanity/sex in a story, you have the right to stop reading, make a comment saying as much, and return the story to the author unfinished (this is what the Wotf judges will do, after all). Otherwise, please be respectful of the unspoken agreement that we each make to give a full, valid critique to every member of the group that submits a story. Thanks.

So, sign up now, and let's get busy writing!

Helpful links:

WotF Submission Guidelines
WotF Blog
WotF Newsgroup (First Judge Kathy Wentworth's regular updates)
Kathy Wentworth comments about judging
Short story advice from David Wolverton
Manuscript Preparation by Vonda N. McIntyre


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