Creative Critiquing

One of the biggest challenges in a creative writing workshop is accepting comments from other writers with open-mindedness and grace. Perhaps an even bigger challenge is critiquing other writers' work with that same open-mindedness and grace. Visit McSweeney's for a hilarious compilation of comments from manuscripts workshopped at a major university.

As someone who's been leading workshops for many years, I appreciate that most of these comments were written in a tone of helpful kindness ("Maybe