Critique Groups
Maximizing Your Critique Group Membership
I’d spent days polishing my first-person narrative story. “Looks great!” I told myself. Even so, I remember hesitating before I emailed that story to the […]
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Critique Groups
How to Critique: The One Big Thing
There are a lot of theories about the best way to critique. The “sandwich” method is one of the most used, especially in Christian organizations. […]
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Happy New Year 2018
Happy New Year! The end of 2017 saw a lot of wonderful and exciting changes for Inspire. Our newest (and incredibly accomplished!) Board members round […]
Community
The Inspire Community: Online
One aspect of the Inspire web site that was much commented-on in the past was the lack of community functionality. When we relaunched the site […]
Inspire Anthologies
How Is God Using the Inspire Anthologies?
As the Inspire Love anthology May 31, 2017 deadline approaches, some Inspire writers are sighing with relief because they submitted early. Some are editing, editing, […]
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How Writing Is Like Exercising
The cell phone alarm beeps me into consciousness at 5:20 am. Yes, it’s o-dark-thirty and I’m waking up to go to spin class. Why? That’s […]
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Improving Your Craft: Inspire’s Online Critique Groups
Writers write. Usually locked in a room. Alone. For hours. We emerge for potty breaks and coffee breaks. Then we hide back in our room […]
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Vision and Values: Key to Achieving Our Mission
An important part of our Strategic Planning session involved clarifying Inspire Christian Writers’ vision. To determine our vision, we asked, “What is it we want […]
Critique Groups
How Do Critique Groups Work?
Critique groups are the backbone of Inspire. Where the magic happens. Where inspiration, perspiration and determination face the music. Where writers discover their work is […]
Critique Groups
3 Questions to Ask Yourself When You Get a Tough Critique
One of the greatest benefits of membership in Inspire Christian Writers is our local critique groups. In these groups our writers present the fruit of […]