5 Tips on How to Manage a Powerful and Effective Writing Group

Writing Coaches: You Have Your Writing Group Up and Running — All The Hard Work Is Over, Right? Wrong!

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Alright, writing coach, you have your writing group up and running — all the hard work is over, right? Wrong!

If you are wanting to grow a strong community of creative and inspiring writers and authors, there are a few things you will have to keep in mind.

And just like any smooth-running machine, a writing group requires maintenance. With that said, here are five tips on how to host and manage a powerful and effective writing group.

1) How to Demonstrate Proper Etiquette When it Comes to Delivering Constructive Criticism

Advise everyone in the group to start positively — with a compliment or praise, and then offer honest but objective, well-supportive, and practical advice — then conclude with another set of compliments.

This is what I call the positive sandwich of constructive criticism. We writers are meant to uplift and encourage one another, not bring each other down. Yes, positive critiquing is necessary for all of us to help perfect our craft, but it is important to understand…