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<DIV>Hi Groups 1 and 2,</DIV>
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<DIV>Kate has given me permission to forward some issues and questions she has,
along with my responses. Another e-mail from me will follow changing one of my
responses.</DIV>
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<DIV>Leonard</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><B>Leonard
Tuchyner</B><BR>Licensed Professional Counselor<BR>"Writing for Healing &
Growth" Workshop Facilitator<BR>Columnist for <I>Dialogue Magazine</I><BR>Author
of <I>A Journey to Elsewhere: Poetry Through the Seasons of Life</I><A
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/16/2016 2:07:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Tuchyner5@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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face="Times New Roman">Hi Kate,</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">You’re right about notes. These notes should be focused
mostly on what you like and what you might do differently or otherwise improve
the piece. Questions are also fair game, but since we don’t want to engage in
too much of a back and forth, questions could invite too much engagement from
the author and that can turn into a lengthy discussion. So I recommend that
questions be held to a minimum and that they are very easy to answer without
inviting debate. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But the writer
does not answer any questions during the critique. After everyone has given
their critique, the writer will have an opportunity to comment if he or she
wants to. He or she may choose not to answer any questions put. The author is
there to listen and to use anything he finds useful. He doesn’t have to say
what that might or might not be. In fact, it’s usually better if the author
does not say very much about whether he liked a critique or found it useful or
not.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I rarely comment on those
things when I am critiqued. </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">I hope people who need 5 minutes would be able to have
that much time. It depends on how many people participate. The more people we
have, the less time for each critique. Some people may only need one minute,
and then we will have more time for others. That is why the critics need to be
prepared and organized in their presentations. When sighted writers meet in
person, they take a lot of time preparing their comments by scribbling on a
copy of the submission. So these groups go on for a long, long time sometimes.
In our case, we will have the manuscripts in advance and will prepare our
comments in advance, so we won’t need as much time when we meet on our phones.
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face="Times New Roman">Sending a copy of critics' notes to the authors is a
great idea. I would like to have such a thing. In fact, that was the original
plan. However, it turns out that our sessions will be recorded and any member
can access the recording and fast forward to their own critique. So these
copies you speak of might be redundant. I still think it is a good idea to
send them. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s up to
you.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Great questions, Kate. Would you mind if I send a copy
of your e-mail and my response to both groups at large because others might
have the same questions?</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Leonard</FONT></P></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/15/2016 7:50:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
kathryngc@juno.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Okay.
If I understand the system: group members are to read the
submitted<BR>story/essay; make notes about changes or questions; then, bring
them up<BR>during the 5-minute time frame for each critiquer; the writer
answers<BR>questions, but, doesn't "defend" her/his choices. Correct, so
far?<BR>Could or would these notes then be e-mailed to the writer for
more<BR>in-depth thought by the writer?<BR>Kate
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