Self Promotion : Workshop Whoring Thread

I'd really like more reviews on the novel excerpt, but I'd feel bad about trying to plug it when I wasn't able to sit down and finish a review of my own all damn weekend.

But I believe I should have a few hours here right now, and the next order of business is to get reviews done.

And now that I've made this post I am accountable. I hope.

lmfao.

That cheating bitch.

See, that's why they complain about gun control in America. In Russia people have assault rifles. We won the Cold War for what? So our civilians can be outgunned by their Russian counterparts?

it would be a good story prompt. But if it were just a caption contest I would submit "That cheating bitch!"

I'd appreciate a few more reviews for my submission 'Acedia'. I've gotten four so far and learned quite a bit from them. I'm new here and not sure what the Thuderdome stuff is all about so I haven't reviewed any of those yet. Thank you in advance and if I haven't reviewed you yet, yell and I will.

Matt, you rock.  I love these updates.  I name thee: The Official Lit Reactor Workshop Pimp!

(The exclamation point is not part of your new title.  That was just a gift from me.)

That might be the only exclamation point you ever see Bryan use.

Matt, would you want to try splitting it up into two sections? That way we could (hopefully) get reviews in sooner and take some of the pressure off of us. You could do the first half, I could take the second half, and review them as separate entities. I'm not sure how well it would work, but we could even get a third or fourth person and break it down to 10k words apiece.

Two sections?  That story should be split into 10 sections.  

Any story with more than 5k words is going to get skipped by most people if they don't feel like they owe you a review because you did a good critique for them.

I think of it like this: You can submit as many words as you've critiqued.  

I like the idea of passing the LBL along. We'd just have to mark where each person left off.

Any takers? We need some serious help on this.

No worries. It's an easy mistake. The main problem with workshops is that we're all writers, so we're all trying to juggle submitting with reviewing. It's an unsolvable conundrum. If we focus on reviewing, we're wasting our $9 a month, but if we focus on writing, we're losing the chance to grow through critiquing.

It's cool, Rogan.  There's no rules for submitting, so there's no way to know what's appropriate when you first start.  The shorter the submission, the more reviews you'll get (and the more detailed they will be).  

From what I've seen, 1000 words can get you 10+ reviews, 2,500 gets around 6-9, 4,000 gets 4-6, and 5,000+ gets 2-4.

And, like I said, the more you've critiqued, the more likely it is that people will pay it back.

I'm working on my review for Nick's second section right now, but I'm eager to have more people join in on reviewing Rogan's piece.

I think we should have some sort of welcome basket for newbies with all this sort of information, tips on how to review/what to submit, etc.

yup will do!

The flattery was not necessary.

Well, you say that now.  But you might have told me to fuck off, otherwise.  I know I would have.

Fuck you guys. You took advantage of my need to be needed, so I've now written 1400 words about how to use the site to your advantage. Why am I such a fucking girl? (If either of you have babies I demand pictures of them as payment. My biological clock is ticking again.)

I haven't finished it yet!

So far, Matt, Nick, Typewriter, and I are on board. We need at least two or three more people to do this.

Nearly good enough. Now I want to see pictures of kittens with casts on their widdle legs. GO.

1,600 words total and now I'm just doing some formatting. It's a word document; should I attach it here, you think?

a letter. it feels more welcoming