The Great Critique - January 28th

I'll be available to critique picture books and illustrations at SCBWI Oregon's - The Great Critique in January. This is a great chance to get helpful feedback on your works in progress! There are a number of other excellent authors available to choose from too!

Sign up and find all the info here: 

https://oregon.scbwi.org/events/the-great-critique-january-2017/

Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/28/2017
9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location
TaborSpace, Copeland Commons
5441 SE Belmont - Portland, OR 97215

The cost for SCBWI members is $15. For nonmembers it is $25. You must pre-register for this event–no registrations at the door. You must select your mentor when you register–one selection only.

How it will work for Illustrators:

1. Bring up to 5 of your best portfolio pieces.

2. You will be in a group of 5-6 peers and a published illustrator. Make sure you choose your critiquer when you register. Read the faculty bios to see who is critiquing illustrations.

3. Bring 1 color copy of each illustration for the professional. Do not bring originals. These copies will be written on.

4. Bring black and white copies of each illustration for your peers. If the images are small, you may put more than one per page. We will tell you how many will be in your group when registration closes on January 21, 2017.

5. We'll also send you some basic critique group guidelines.

6. At the event, each of you will have a chance to pass your work around to your group. You can share what media you used for each image.

7. Each person in the group will make notes on your illustrations. They'll write down what they like, mark errors they see, indicate what doesn't work for them.

8. The professional illustrator will verbally critique your work. If time, other participants may comment.

9. You'll receive your copies with written comments from each one in your group. Take them home and let the ideas simmer.

How it will work for Writers:

1. Bring a maximum of five double-spaced pages or 1200 words. DO NOT bring more. Use standard manuscript format; see the link below if you are not familiar with that. For picture books, we recommend that you bring no more than 750 words. 

Sample-Standard-Manusript-Format.doc or

Sample-Standard-Manusript-Format.pdf

2. Choose your published author critiquer. You'll be in a group with 5 or 6 peers. Choose only one critiquer–make sure you read their bios to see what they are critiquing. You must choose a critiquer when you register.

3.  We'll let you know how many copies of your manuscript to bring to the event after registraion closes on January 21, 2017.

4. We'll also send you some basic critique group guidelines.

5. At the event, each of you will have a chance to pass your work around to your group and read it aloud.

6. Each person in the group will make notes on your manuscript as you read. They'll write down what they like, mark errors they see, indicate where they are confused or what doesn't work for them.

7. The professional writer will verbally critique your work. If time, other participants may comment.

8. You'll receive your copies with written comments from each one in your group. Take them home and let the ideas simmer.