I always find interesting things in The Kill Zone so I never feel bad about promoting that site or re-posting What's funny is that so often I find myself completely agreeing with whatever they say.
This most recent post, called Getting pecked to death: Are critique groups worth it? by P.J. Parrish is just as good as the others (here). The article is pretty well structured with both good advice as well as some great thoughts on critique groups. I was in a critique group for awhile and didn't like it one bit, the whole story is laid out in other posts (here). Long and short is that it was a mixture of too many different genres and skill types. I'd rather have one or two dedicated writers like myself to count on.
This is where the article by P.J. Parrish yielded some fruit. Down near the end is this nugget (here) about the best methods or tricks of the traded in setting up or finding your own critique group.
Although I ostensibly agree with what Stephen King said in On Writing about not being a fan of critique groups. The last one I used was online and it wasn't bad. I might use it again if the tricks on the linked page don't pan out. But now, I think I'm at a point where I need that critique group around me.
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