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The Writing Collective

January 20, 2012 Collective, Collective Information Comments Off

Fictionista Workshop is a supportive community of writers, editors, and readers, hoping to assist the online writing community through various projects and programs. Writing can be a lonely process, whether done in private or with others; having a ready pool of other writers and readers available for immediate discussion and feedback when needed can be extraordinarily helpful. For that reason, we developed two different programs, the Writer Collective and the Workshop. The Writer Collective is a small writing group that meets once a week with a moderator and reader to hone the writer’s skills in a non-threatening, intimate environment. The Workshop is an intensive critique of a single manuscript by a group of readers and editors.

The Collective is our cyber version of a coffee shop writing group, offering authors a weekly chance to discuss their manuscript with a small group of other writers over a twelve-week period. This group is intended to provide feedback to both completed and mostly completed manuscripts and acts as a catalyst to help authors finish their manuscripts in a timely manner. Each group is led by an experienced moderator who helps guide discussion and offer resources to the writers in his or her group.

If you are a writer who might benefit from an intimate group discussion and critique of your work, or just need that extra feedback to push you to finish your novel, please read further.

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Fictionista Collective

The Collective is our most intimate program, offering writers a small, focused group of fellow authors to help them complete or polish their manuscript.

Here is more specific information about the available workshop roles:

Writers

Writers are the central focus of the Collective. They act as both participants and editors/critique partners in their small group. The author’s responsibility is two fold, first to provide their work to the others on a timely basis (again, total word count varies between groups) each week. The author also must offer helpful edits, comments, and critique to the others in their writing group. This is done during a Skype call and is facilitated at all times by an experienced moderator to make sure every one receives beneficial comments. To apply as a writer, please go here:

http://www.fictionistaworkshop.com/collective-application-form/

Moderators

The moderator manages and directs the Collective group. This role is critical to the success of the group, as the moderator acts as guide, coach, and sometimes referee. The moderator is also responsible to setting up the technical aspects of the Collective. The moderator also provides resources to the writers on an individual basis to help them grow in their writing ability.

Critique Participants

Participants are readers, observers, and constructive critics, offering detailed feedback in formats appropriate for the Collective setting, as well as support and encouragement. Participants are added to any group needing additional feedback for any reason and can provide authors with an objective and critical eye when needed.

Fictionista Workshop Writing Collectives

January 20, 2012 Collective Information, Writers Collective Comments Off

Thank you for your interest in Fictionista Workshop’s Writing Collective. The admissions are now open to apply to the collective. You can find the application here: http://www.fictionistaworkshop.com/collective-application-form/

The Collective groups are designed to provide authors with feedback from a support group of their peers, something many authors do not have. At Fictionista, we believe this can best be done in small groups of three or four authors selected according to writing experience and/or genre.

Our hope is that everyone involved will gain valuable knowledge, edits and feedback on their writing. We will assign a moderator to each group to help facilitate discussion, provide resources, and offer feedback. A critique participant may be added to some groups to give additional feedback.

Every week the authors will participate in a Skype call to discuss each other’s work. The moderator will help facilitate discussion and offer valuable resources to each writer according to their individual needs. Our hope is that by keeping the groups small, everyone involved will receive detailed and valuable edits and feedback on their writing in a relaxed setting.

How it works:

· Each author will need to submit their application here: http://www.fictionistaworkshop.com/collective-application-form/ and attach the first 5000 words of their manuscript at the bottom of the application in .doc format. Manuscripts must be at least half way completed. Please note that not all submissions will be accepted.

· Authors will be grouped by experience and genre, and an additional critique participant may be added to provide extra feedback.

· After the writing groups are chosen, a moderator will be assigned to each group. The moderator will then schedule a weekly Skype meeting for a total of 12 weeks.

· Each author is responsible for posting a weekly selection (there is usually a minimum word count for each week) in a group Dropbox file. The authors will then read, edit, analyze and critique each other’s work and provide helpful feedback to everyone in their group.

· At the scheduled Skype meeting, each author will discuss what they have written and will offer helpful comments on what they read from fellow group members. The group’s moderator will guide all discussion and critique.

*We regret that not all applications can be accepted due to staffing and other administrative considerations.