<aside> <img src="/icons/asterisk_yellow.svg" alt="/icons/asterisk_yellow.svg" width="40px" /> (An adaptation Catharine Wright’s adaptation of of Liz Lermon’s critical response process)

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Stage 1

As a writer:

• read aloud a paragraph to bring your “voice” into the circle.

As a reader:

• take notes to share with the writer
• tell the writer what is important, interesting, moving, thought, provoking, insightful or surprising about the piece
• articulate your experience as readers, with emphasis on the positive
• please use “I” statements: “I learned or felt x when I was reading...or
• “I found myself thinking y about your idea of...”

Stage 2

As a writer:

• take notes on feedback you receive
• asks questions of readers (example: “what did you think about section x? Did I have too much/not enough discussion or description of y?”)

As readers

• please be honest in your answers, including criticism, but be kind and specific in your criticism of course
• ask productive (rather than prescriptive) questions.
  • Don’t: “why did you not provide an example of this?” or “did you notice your prose is choppy here?”
  • Do: “can you give us an example of this?” or “can you talk about your writing style/rhythm?”
  • Don’t: “you need to imagine/include more points of view”
  • Do: “can you describe some other views on this?”

<aside> 👉 Notes on logistics:

• We will break into groups of three, and we’ll have roughly 10 minutes per text
• Be mindful of pacing so that you have time for each text, and so that the amount of time allotted to each writer is roughly equivalent
• To that end, consider setting a timer on a phone </aside>