Purpose of the Critic's Circle

Welcome to the Critic's Circle, friends old and new!

Here in the Library we have several literary forums, each with a specific purpose. Because organization helps connect questions to answers, and allows a better search venue for topics already covered, placing the right posts in the right forums is important.

This forum's purpose is to discuss the review process: how to be a good reviewer (what to do and not do in a review), what can be done to encourage responses (and how to respond to them) and general criticism about broad genres of work or trends of writing.

Be aware that off-topic threads may be moved (I'm going to undertake an effort to sort out the archives over the next...um...period of time!) This is absolutely not a comment of the validity or quality or worth of anything posted; it's just an effort to categorize. If you're offended or disagree with any moves of the archives, please send me a message to sort it out!

It may also help to be aware of the purpose of the other forums.

Author's Place is a space about the authoring process: how to create a work, the process of publishing something and how to connect to an audience.

Writer's Block covers the technical aspects of writing: grammar, word choice, structure and things of that nature are best taken up there.

Story Feedback is where to post longer comments on the Library's works, and where to post any requests for reviews of your own work. It's also where to post any fiction (erotic or otherwise) you'd like to have edited.

Story Ideas is the place to post your suggestions for what sort of content you'd like to see others write about, or for ideas to fill out your own material.

-Electric Badger