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How to Make Your Critique Group Genuinely Helpful, Part 2

October 14, 2015
Daniel Schwabauer
Daniel's Writing Log, Giving and Receiving Critique, Writing Tips and Tools
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Daniel Schwabauer You must commit to being both honest and specific. Everyone in the group should understand this up front. You will be kind, but you will also tell the truth. A critique session is no place for white lies, however small.

How to Make Your Critique Group Genuinely Helpful

October 8, 2015
Daniel Schwabauer
Daniel's Writing Log, Giving and Receiving Critique, Writing Tips and Tools
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Daniel Schwabauer Why join—or start—a critique group? Critiquing is critical to the development of any writer. The problem, for many writers, is not unwillingness to critique, but lack of opportunity. Good critique groups can be hard to find. So how are you supposed to do all this critiquing without a group?

Story Coaching: A Student & Parent Review

September 17, 2015
Daniel Schwabauer
Giving and Receiving Critique, Homeschooling, Novel Submission, OYAN News, Parenting a Young Writer
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A review of Story Coaching by a student and her mother This week we announced a new 3-month track of Story Coaching! Holly, a One Year Adventure Novel student, and her mother, Angie, kindly agreed to share their thoughts on the pilot program we ran this summer, so you could get a feel for what Story Coaching is like. Hurry over to the Story Coaching page and apply—there are only 10 spots this fall!

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Veteran Students on Overcoming Writing Weaknesses, Part 2

September 10, 2015
Staff Writer
Giving and Receiving Critique, Guest posts, Help with Characters, Push Your Imagination, Self-editing Tips, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, World building, Writing Tips and Tools
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Compiled by Staff Last week, we asked eight One Year Adventure Novel (OYAN) students to tell us what their biggest area of weakness is in writing, and what strategies they employ to overcome it. This week, we feature another eight experienced OYANers and their responses. We hope their ideas for self-improvement will be useful to you!

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Veteran Students on Overcoming Writing Weaknesses, Part 1

September 1, 2015
Staff Writer
Giving and Receiving Critique, Help with Characters, Push Your Imagination, Self-editing Tips, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, Writing Tips and Tools
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Compiled by Staff We asked several One Year Adventure Novel (OYAN) students to tell us what their biggest area of weakness is in writing, and what strategies they employ to overcome it. This week, we feature eight different students and their responses.