SPEED CITY SISTERS IN CRIME
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    • Deadbeat (Theatrical)
  • Resources
    • S.S. Van Dine - Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories
    • Father Knox's Decalogue
    • Raymond Chandler's Ten Commandments
    • Frank Gruber's 11 Point Formula for Mystery Short Stories

Speed City Sisters in Crime Critique Group

Critique Group Guidelines

The group meets at 10 a.m. the fourth Saturday via a Zoom connection.

Send your stories or chapters — 20 pages max — to Russ Eberhart at rceberhart@gmail.com at least one week before the meeting so members have time to read and critique. Russ will add your name to the invitation list to the Zoom meeting.

We have 60 minutes to critique the monthly submissions and will divide that number approximately by the number of submissions.

There will be a limit of 20 pages for submission, but it's okay if there's another page or two to a chapter.
You may request what type of feedback you would like:
  • Everything
  • Story development
  • Grammar and punctuation
  • Characters and Character Development.
​The writer being critiqued will remain silent throughout the critique process. At the conclusion of the critiques, you will have approximately five minutes to comment or ask questions.

Please follow the guideline below when critiquing the works of others:

​Critique Group Guideline:
Please focus on providing critique, rather than criticism.
​
Merriam-Webster defines the noun critique as “a careful judgment in which you give your opinion about the good and bad parts of something (such as a piece of writing or a work of art)” 

In general, criticism is judgmental and focused on finding fault, while critique is descriptive and balanced.  

​In the Sisters in Crime Critique Group, we are all learning our craft by providing and receiving feedback from others. While both criticism and critique are forms of feedback, it should be obvious that critique provides a better learning environment.

Remember, it's your work being critiqued and your decision whether or not you make changes based on the critiques. However, if more than one person brings up the same problems with your manuscript, it might be wise to take another look at those areas.

Send your submission for critique with enough time for the members of the the group to read them--a week or two is okay.

Send requests for membership in the critique group and submissions to Russ Eberhart at rceberhart@gmail.com.

​He will send your submission to all members of the group. He will need the email address you prefer to use.
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Speed City Sisters in Crime is the Indiana chapter of the world-wide mystery/crime writers' association Sisters in Crime. The Speed City chapter was founded in 2005.

Members of the organization are published mystery and crime authors, writers working on mysteries and thrillers, and readers and fans of the literary genre. There are currently 40+ members who live in Indiana or the Midwest.

Speed City Sisters in Crime hosts monthly meetings with speakers on topics of interest to mystery and crime writing. Past speakers have included police officers, prosecutors, investigative reporters, forensic specialists, weapons experts, researchers, and publishing and media professionals.

Visit our YouTube Channel for recordings of our monthly speakers!

  • Home
    • About Speed City SiC
    • Code of Conduct
    • Board Members
    • Welcome from Chapter President
    • Chapter Documents
  • Contact Us
  • Membership
    • Membership Info
    • Member Author Info
    • Member Published Books
    • Critique Group
  • Monthly Meetings
    • 2023 Speakers
    • 2022 Speakers
    • 2021 Speakers
    • 2020 Speakers
    • 2019 Speakers
    • 2018 Speakers
  • Events
    • 2023 Events
    • 2022 Events
    • 2021 Events
    • 2020 Events
    • 2019 Events >
      • 2019 Nancy Pickard Writing Workshop
      • 2019 Larry Sweazy Short Story Workshop
      • 2019 Guest Speaker L.A. Chandlar
      • Pulaski County Library Award
    • Mystery & Writing Conferences
    • Murder We Wrote Blog
  • Our Anthologies
    • Amber Waves of Graves >
      • Submission Guidelines
      • Cover Submission Guidelines
    • Trick or Treats: Tales of All Hallow's Eve
    • Murder 20/20 Anthology
    • Homicide for the Holidays
    • The Fine Art of Murder
    • Decades of Dirt
    • Hoosier Hoops and Hijinks
    • Bedlam at the Brickyard
    • Racing Can Be Murder
    • Deadbeat (Theatrical)
  • Resources
    • S.S. Van Dine - Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories
    • Father Knox's Decalogue
    • Raymond Chandler's Ten Commandments
    • Frank Gruber's 11 Point Formula for Mystery Short Stories