I was involved with a monthly feedback group a few years ago and it was pretty similar to your format. I would tweak it slightly - so the author submits a very short contextual statement with their piece.
As a giver of feedback my main issue was not knowing where the excerpt fit in context with the whole (as in, is this the first 1000 words of a novel or 1000 words taken from the middle of a 3000 word story or whatever it was) because that key info answers a lot of questions that can inform my critique.
Well yes, this is why I said the writer intro could be done during the sending out work step. I still think a short intro on the day is worth doing too.
I think it’s also a good idea to ask the writer what kinds of feedback they want, is there something specific they are after. Then we can focus on that.
I was involved with a monthly feedback group a few years ago and it was pretty similar to your format. I would tweak it slightly - so the author submits a very short contextual statement with their piece.
As a giver of feedback my main issue was not knowing where the excerpt fit in context with the whole (as in, is this the first 1000 words of a novel or 1000 words taken from the middle of a 3000 word story or whatever it was) because that key info answers a lot of questions that can inform my critique.
Well yes, this is why I said the writer intro could be done during the sending out work step. I still think a short intro on the day is worth doing too.
I think it’s also a good idea to ask the writer what kinds of feedback they want, is there something specific they are after. Then we can focus on that.