If you’d like to improve your writing by working with other talented writers, please join us on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at La Madeleine’s restaurant in Katy near I-10 and Grand Parkway. We meet at 6:30 PM. More information here. There is a $1 voluntary donation. Since the restaurant donates the space, we also ask you to buy something from them. A cup of coffee is fine.

• I will be honest, thorough and fair in my critiques.
• In all cases, I will be polite and respectful.
• When someone else is giving a verbal critique, I won’t interrupt. I’ll wait my turn to present my view.
• It is not my job to teach other writers how to deal with criticism. It is my desire to help them improve their writing.
• I understand writing skill and experience levels differ. I will tailor my advice and tone to the skill and experience of the writer whose work I am critiquing.
• I will endeavor to make my critiques solution-oriented. If I have a “problem with X” (character, plot, scene, etc.), I will either propose a solution to the problem or an approach to develop a solution.
• When I offer a critique, it is simply my opinion. I’ve been known to be wrong. If I have a spouse, he or she can confirm this.
• This is a writer’s group - and I am one member of that group. I will endeavor to allow everyone the opportunity to offer their opinions.
• Written critiques are only useful if they can be understood. I will make my commentary as clear as I can. At my discretion, I can provide my name and indicate if I’m willing to elaborate outside the meeting.
• There is little value in pointing out each spelling and grammar error in a verbal critique. I will indicate such errors with written comments; in the verbal critique I will provide a more summarized comment on general spelling or grammar.
• I will accept differences of opinion with grace.
• I will be concise - so that more work may be heard and critiqued.
• I will give praise where praise is due.

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