Workshop+&+Wiki+Etiquette

By joining this Wiki, you are agreeing to abide by these workshop guidelines.
**1. When you join the Wiki, use a name we all recognize as being you. __It must contain either your first or last name__.** **It may not be a unique nickname or contain anything offensive.**

**2. Everyone must participate in the regular give-and-take in class, whether we are workshopping our pieces or posting them.**

**3. The work you submit for workshopping must not be of an offensive nature, meaning deliberately intended to provoke other students. Sometimes our writing can be emotional and raw and personal -- that's okay. What it may not contain is gratuitous (purposeless) violence, racism, drug or alcohol use, sex or profanity.**

**4. Commenting on others' work must be done with RESPECT and SENSITIVITY. No one may rip into another's work or insult it or the writer.**

**When we read a piece, we first offer POSITIVE comments -- what we like, what** **we think is strong and effective, what works. This might include a particular detail,** **the phrasing of a passage, the pathos being developed for a character, the use of** **humor, the interchange of dialogue, etc.**

**As we then move into areas where the writer needs improvement, we use helpful language, such as the following:** **- Maybe you could try....** **- I'm thinking it might work better if....** **- Have you considered....?** **- I'd like to see....** **- Since this part includes this element, maybe this other part needs....** **- I think it could be even stronger if you....**

**5. Our goal as a writers group is always to ENCOURAGE each other, to help each other with the craft of writing.** **We need to be __gentle, honest, respectful, and appropriate__ at all times.**