How to Start, Join & Make the Most of a Writing Group: A Quick Guide for Classrooms and Writing Groups—Includes Peer Critique Tips! Companion to The Art of the Essay

by Charity Singleton Craig

This quick guide includes the questions you want to ask before starting a writing group (or joining a pre-existing one), and it gives you direction for best practices and growth. It also gives you a very helpful way to approach the critique aspect of your meeting times—to minimize problems and maximize the great feedback that can be yours (and that you can give to others).

25 pages, Paperback

Published July 30, 2019

About the author

Charity Singleton Craig is the author of The Art of the Essay: From Ordinary Life to Extraordinary Words and coauthor of On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life That Lasts. She is a two-time recipient of the Arts in the Parks and Historic Sites Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, to write about the state parks and present writing programs to park visitors. She also has written for several magazines and journals, including Joyful Life Magazine, Awake our Hearts Journal, Edible Indy, In Touch Ministries, Redbud Post, InCourage, Christianity Today, The High Calling, The Curator, The Perennial Gen, Discipleship Journal, Tweetspeak Poetry, The Write Life, Grubstreet Daily, and others. After more than a decade as a freelance writer, Charity now works full-time as a writer in the marketing department of her local library while pursuing her master’s degree in library and information science from Indiana University-Indianapolis. In addition to her work for the library, Charity continues to write about art, nature, books, and faith. She lives with her husband in central Indiana and they enjoy spending as much time as possible with their three young adult sons. You can find her online at charitysingletoncraig.com.

Reviews

[Annette · Rating 5 out of 5]

101 basic guide

This is a great read for those beginning to get feedback on their writing. I found it useful with its brevity.

With it available on KU you can really not go wrong.