Critmas is here! (Last Day!)

Today is the LAST DAY for you to get your 12 critiques in! Make sure you leave a comment in this journal linking all your pieces. There's plenty of prizes up for grabs  Remember you have until  11:59 PM pst TODAY to complete your critiques!

Now most of you are relaxing and chilling out on your Christmas vacations; some of you have time off work/school and will be staying at home in the warm over the next week or so. So why don't we make use of that hermit time and do something productive? Get your onesie on, warm up a mince pie, pour yourself a Baileys and let’s get comfortable around our computers!

The Challenge

The challenge is a simple one. Write 12 critiques over the next 12 days. That's only one a day- or spread them as you will (You could even do all 12 today!). 

Anyone can write a critique, you don't need to have qualifications to do so. If you don't know where to start, look at a piece and think about which qualities you do and don't like in it and maybe offer ideas on how the piece can be improved. 

Critiques are about keeping things positive; always make sure you are offering it as a subject of improvement of the piece, not a criticism of why you dislike it.

:thumb3819364: PE: Literature Critique Tips*Updated 03/08/17 because it needs a refresh!*

Originally, this article was part of Project Educate Critique week back in 2012!
Literature Critique: Top Tips
Before you start giving critique:
READ the piece all the way through.Read it again, making notes of what you would like to point out in your critique.Stay Objective- you are critiquing the piece not the person.

Things to look out for when delivering Literature Critique:
These tips are areas which aren't just necessary in critiquing others' work, but also when self-critiquing your own writing. 
A good opening.
The opening to any form of writing doesn't need to involve an  explosion, but it does needs to have a hook; something to entice the reader. It needs to be clear, something that sparks interest and leads the rest of the piece. Keep an eye out for opening paragraphs/stanzas that are flat and unint

The Rules

It doesn't matter who you give the critiques to, but don't critique the same deviant 12 times! (The idea is to spread the joy!)

Please only critique pieces from deviantART using the critique function or posting in the comments of the deviation.

 Once you have written your 12 critiques, leave a comment in this journal, linking your 12 critiques to me. (Click on the timestamp of your post to get direct comment link).

Past critiques CANNOT be included, only critiques given after the 24th December will be accepted.

 You do not have to critique just literature; you can pick any art form, as long as you write 12. However at LEAST 4 must be literature. (Why? Because I’m a lit CV and therefore want this to be slightly bias towards literature )

 Deadline for submissions: Sunday 6th January 2013, by 11:59 PM pst.

 

 

Prizes!