Episode 186: Writing Peer Letters for Better Critique Conversations

Episode Description

Critique conversations can sometimes be complicated by the reader’s intention rather than serving the author of the piece being critiqued. This month, a small cohort of Stop Writing Alone members is trying out a new process for critique involving some tools like Writing Notes (discussed in episode 185), and Peer Letters, to help writing groups remain focused on the true purpose of critiquing each other’s writing: helping each writer to best bring their vision for their writing to life. In this episode, Nicole describes how she has used this tool in the Stop Writing Alone Critique Crew to serve the writers she is reading

Show Notes:

• Stop Writing Alone Episode 185: “Writing Notes” for Critique and Creation

• Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses

• StopWritingAlone.Substack.com 

• STORY HOARDER Substack (The home for Nicole’s fiction writing): 

• Stop Writing Alone FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2205774733034348/

• Stop Writing Alone Bookshop https://bookshop.org/shop/Stopwritingalone

• NV Rivera YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPlp1EVzQhDFPdGp5w2KoQ?view_as=subscriber

• Buy Nicole a coffee (AKA support the podcast!) https://ko-fi.com/stopwritingalone

Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:

• JOIN THE STOP WRITING ALONE NETWORK

https://stop-writing-alone-network.mn.co

• Stop Writing Alone FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/stopwritingalone/

• Join the Stop Writing Alone with Nicole Rivera FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2205774733034348/

• Stop Writing Alone website: https://stopwritingalone.com/

• Stop Writing Alone Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/stopwritingalone/ 

• Nicole’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/nv_rivera 

• The Stop Writing Alone voice number (call to introduce yourself!): (646) 907-9607 

When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole’s Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!

• Kim A. Flodin https://www.kelekilove.com/

• Claire Oldham West https://www.claireoldhamwest.com/

• Johanna Jaquez-Peralta https://www.instagram.com/latina_livin_keto/

• Emma Isaacs https://www.instagram.com/emmaisaacsdesign/