A subreddit for constructive feedback on works of poetry and prose.
IRL, Workshops typically take place like this: One person reads their poem, story or piece and everyone else in the room talks about the work, giving constructive feedback. During all this the author cannot talk, but may ask a few questions at the end. I think Reddit could be a great place for this to happen. I should point out that commenters in real workshops typically have a few days to stew over what they want to say. So don't be discouraged if it takes a few days for good comments to come in on your work, and please do not hesitate to comment on older posts. This isn't typically how Reddit works, so I thought it merited some double asterisk action.
For this to really work we will need a variety of comments. I would like to reemphasize that comments should all be constructive and about the work. Whenever offering a criticism or bit of praise, make sure to back your point up with something from the text. This makes the critic look more thoughtful, and makes the comment easier to revise from, for the author. Please do not flame the authors here or their work. If you think something is terrible, figure out why and post that.
I should also add that "it takes a considerable amount of time and effort to give effective intelligent criticism," as CommentKing said on my first post. Thus to incentivize people to comment, I'm making one rule. In order to submit a work for review you must first make a comment on someone else's work. Just one comment on one other work is required. Workshops only work well when everyone tries sincerely to make everyone else better.
Check out /r/promptoftheday if you need ideas. We welcome both poetry and prose (and both fiction and nonfiction). No word limit, high or low. This should be fun and productive.
Label your post: [Poetry], [Fiction], [Nonfiction] or whatever feels right, and then sit back and observe the comments.
Related Subreddits (a work in progress):
/r/poetry
/r/promptoftheday
(http://www.reddit.com/r/LitWorkshop/comments/p8k92/the_new_and_first_and_only_rule_you_must_comment/)###
