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Welcome to the Critique Circle newbie's page. Here you can find some information that might be useful to find your footing at CC. Remember, if you have any trouble with anything on the site our moderators will help you through the Moderator messagebox. |
| Here are some short Youtube videos showing some of the more basic functions of CC: How to submit a story How to submit a critique Using Page Bookmarks for easy navigation The Outlining Workshop Using the Novel System Creating Queues You can subscribe to our channel to receive updates and new videos! If you would prefer text based instructions, go to the FAQ and look through the numerous entries there or use the search bar (magnifying glass icon) at the top of the page. - Nonnib (5 Feb 2005 at 20:32) |
| Here are some quick links to interesting forums and threads. You might also want to subscribe to the forums to always get the latest updates. Click 'Subscribe to forum' at the top of the forum page to do so or subscribe to individual threads. Newcomers Introduce yourself  Say hi to the other members and see what people are chatting about.Publishing Forum Keep up with all the latest news from the members on different publishers, getting published, new markets, etc. Also, check out our Publishing FAQ, which answers many of the basic questions about submitting and succeeding in the publishing world: www.critiquecircle.com/faq.asp?cat=12 On Writing This is a good forum to browse, and to keep up to date with all the great questions raised and comments on all forms of writing. Advice on how to get critiques Now that you're here, how is it best to go about getting those precious critiques? You will find some solid advice here. Here are some things that is good to keep in mind: - Queue length (and therefore waiting time) depends on a couple of things: 1) How many crits each story received in the previous period (average is 4-8). If the critiques drop and each story receives but a few critiques, then there will be fewer stories to critique next period. So the more you crit, the more likely it is that the number of stories in a crit period will go up. 2) Number of submitted stories. We don't want an empty queue. If few stories are submitted then the number of stories to be critted will be lowered. We like to have at least one upcoming batch of stories in each queue. There are other factors as well but these are the most important ones. - Waiting for your story to come up isn't such a bad thing. It gives you time to crit stories that are critiqued while you wait. Authors that you have critiqued are often more inclined to crit your story than others. When deciding on a story to crit, members will often check the activity of an author (found on the member's page) to see if he has been critiquing. If you have been actively critiquing, others are more likely to critique you. - Nonnib (5 Feb 2005 at 19:06) |
| Don't know what to say in your critique or what to do with a critique you've received? Take a look at these links for some solid advice It's Not What You Say, But How You Say It by Andrew Burt The Diplomatic Critiquer by Andrew Burt - Nonnib (5 Feb 2005 at 18:16) |
