August 19th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE August 12th
Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/19/2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hey friends,
For the upcoming Region-wide Zoom critique meeting:
Members and non-members are welcome. Please upload a new ms, pages or a revision by Midnight of the deadline.
Submit your 5 pages here:
https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19
Remember you are welcome to come as an observer or "bleacher-creature" if you have never been to critique before and you'd like to see how it works before you submit yourself. Register through the Google form and choose the “lurker/bleacher-creature” option.
You will receive an email the day after the submission deadline with a link to the color-coded Google Sheet. This sheet will have the groups assigned by color and room number. You will read the submissions in your group before the meeting.
If it is your first time submitting, please read the instructions below carefully:
Eastern NY Region-wide Zoom Critique Instructions:
Add a logline to the top of your submission! For YA and MG submissions, if it is not your first chapter, add a very short summary to bring us up to speed in your story. (Very short summary means a paragraph or two.)
Upload your submission as a Word.docx by Midnight, of the deadline date. I will send out the groups the following day.
Read the submissions in your group before the meeting. You’ll get an email indicating your color/group.
Leave comments on each Google Doc
Come prepared to discuss each submission
How to write a logline: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-write-a-logline-c3331c4ae31c
Upload your submission* each month with this Google Form:
Upload your submission as a Word.docx (or PDF for illustrated dummies) by the deadline posted above.
*Format your picture book manuscript or 5 pages of your novel (double-spaced) following SCBWI recommendations (see page 2 of the pdf under heading “Formatting Your Manuscript”: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/From-Keyboard_2014.pdf