I found these notes from one of the presentations/panels I attended at Life the Universe and Everything symposium. I thought it contained useful information. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

• Everyone should count
• Watch for LY words happily suddenly. These words show weak verbs. Watch your tags. He said they said etc. they vest become invisible
• Watch to get rid of adjectives.
• Don’t cut out words in the first draft.
• Ask yourself visual story start where it needs to.
• Does your character want something much more?
• Are you doing everything you can to prevent the character from obtaining a goal?
• Do you lose characters? Keep track of your characters.
• Be careful to not have characters do something that they would never do.
• If the character is going to do something big and change the character we need to prepare the reader
• Is the age of the voice appropriate for the age of your audience?
• Is there a balance between protagonist and antagonist?
• On point of view, a character can only know what he or she knows and nothing else
• Read it out loud
• Print and read out loud
• Has someone to read it out loud so you can hear how it’s being read.
• Obtain final comments from a trusted friend someone that will tell you the truth
• Critique groups are good for having deadlines to write. You get honest feedback good and bad
• Intentions as a writer becomes clear
• Critique skin open ask hard questions
• Don’t argue about your critique.
• Don’t be the type of person who obtains a critique for themselves and then leaves the group. Don’t take everyone’s ideas. See what you feel is right
• Read the manuscript in advance so that all you have to do is critique at the group meeting. Allow the same amount of time for each person. Split the time between positive and suggestions. Asked the question, would characters really do this?
• Provide time of the end for the Autodesk questions

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