The notes blatted skyward How does Criteek of the Wique work?
Each Monday, a subscriber posts an article in progress to Jewish Writing to a special site. The article should be only a few hundred words long and meet our rules for posting. It should be based on the checklist of critiquing issues.
In addition, please keep in mind that the articles to be critiqued must have Jewish content and they must relate to mainstream Jewish topics (after all, the name of this forum is Jewish Writing).
Please note that your article will not be posted or distributed to the entire subscription base of the Jewish Writing forum.
Your posting to Jewish Writing should introduce us to your article in a sentence or two. It should include the intended age, audience, level, and any other background information that may be relevant. Other guidelines are listed in the Rules section.
We will post and discuss only one new article per week. Let the moderator know that you want to post an article. He will schedule the date so that it doesn�t conflict with articles from other subscribers.
After the article is posted, other subscribers to our Jewish Writing forum will be asked to examine and evaluate that posted article for content, grammar, appropriateness, style, and other aspects.
After critiquing, your articles will be released to the public. At that time, they can be expected to be much better, because various people will have given their opinions.
During the course of the week, the author may elect to modify the article in accordance with some recommendations, and then ask subscribers to review those changes. Yes, this means that the week may be quite busy, since subscribers may have to reread articles.
Be considerate (and ready) when you post your article. Check it and re-read it after putting it aside, have others read it, and take any other steps necessary in order to produce your best, work before posting it to the group.
Be sure that the Subject line of the posting relating to your COW starts as follows:
Please maintain the confidentiality of the article that is critiqued. It is about to be published, and the author probably does not want the contents to be leaked without permission. Subscribers who cannot maintain the confidentiality of any part of the contents, or who copy the article without permission, will be summarily removed from the group.
as they rose over the Canada geese,
feathered rumps mooning the day,
webbed appendages
frantically pedaling unseen bicycles
in their search for sustenance,
driven by cruel Nature's maxim,
'Ya wanna eat, ya gotta work,'
and at last I knew Pittsburgh
- Winning sentence,
1987 Bulwer-Lytton
bad fiction contest
Getting the most from your COW.
COW: Title Of My Magnum Opus.
