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Are you a writer looking to improve? Are your editing skills formidable? This group may be the group for you. Writers-and-Editors is a group for deviants of all ages who want to improve their writing and editing skills. All lovers of literature are welcome!

There is a focus on giving (not only receiving) critique.
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Founded 11 Months ago
Jun 14, 2011

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The purpose of Writers-and-Editors is to encourage writers through friendly critique. We encourage creativity (along with grammatical correctness), but we do need a few rules to keep things positive and under control.

:bookdiva: Joining :bookdiva:

:bulletblue:There are no requirements for joining. We are not elitists; beginning writers are also welcome. You don't have to be a writer--editors, people with OCs, writing appreciators etc. are all welcome. Member requests are automatically approved! The only requirement is that you read and follow the rules below.

:bookdiva: Submitting :bookdiva:

:bulletblue: This group is friendly for all ages. Mature content goes in the mature content folder! It does not have to be labeled as mature to count. We can't have any unlabeled mind-scarring material for innocent young deviants to read. Mature content includes (but is not limited to) profanity, blood, gore, and sexual themes. We may move deviations ourselves. If the folder gets flooded, don't worry. That's my job. I'll make subcategories.

:bulletblue: Currently, religious content is allowed PROVIDED THAT it is not offensive to people of any religious or ethnic group. Deviations that are considered offensive will be removed from the gallery.

:bulletblue: Currently there are no submission limits.

:bulletblue: You cannot submit to the featured gallery. We will move things there if we wish to highlight them. No deviations with mature content will be submitted to the featured folder

:bulletblue: Please read the folder descriptions in the gallery and submit to the correct folder. If you accidentally submit to the wrong folder, please tell us and we'll move it.

:bookdiva: Critique :bookdiva:

If you are looking for a critic or wish to be one, please comment on this blog entry!

:bulletblue: Please be polite and mature when critiquing others' works. If you can't find anything good to say about it, then please keep your mouth shut. Here is a helpful resource.

:bulletblue: Please do not overreact to critique! Receiving critique is one of the best ways to improve your writing. If you don't want suggestions on improving your work, don't submit it here.

:bulletblue: Admins are improving too! We enjoy getting critiques on all our deviations here. We're not going to ban you if you point out that we used an adjective where an adverb belongs.

:bookdiva: General Conduct :bookdiva:

:bulletblue: Critiquing is encouraged. Being mean, rude, biased, offensive or a general :trollface: is not. You will be warned for offensive conduct. If it continues, we may block you from the group.

:bulletblue: Please critique or comment on submitted works! The goal of #Writers-and-Editors is to help each other improve.

:bulletblue: If you are having a group-related issue, please note us. If it is a serious issue, please contact the help desk.

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Our favorites are full of tons of resources and excellent examples of good writing! If you see one of these, then feel free to submit them!

(Member resources and writings belong in the gallery, of course, where they're certain to get much more attention anyway.)
Edit 2: Critics, if you would like to say what you specialize in best, please comment below on a new comment. :)  Thank you.  

Edit: If you are a critic and wish to change any information regarding your status on critiquing, please comment on this blog! :) Thank you.

We've all been there.  We want to improve in what we do.  We want others to tell us what they see may need more rounding in order to grow.  But who do we ask? And can we?
Well, this is a call to anyone who wants to be a critic or wants a critique.
We are starting a list in which critics list themselves, what they don't critique (either from biases or lack of experience.  This could range from yaoi to fantasy to anything with puppies in it.  Be as specific as you wish), and how to contact themselves. :)  If you are interested, please list the information in the comments below!  Also, please update us on whether or not you are available or no. (And if you ever don't want to do a critique, just let any offerers know). :D
While saying this, anyone who wants a critique shouldn't pester the critic is they say no to the offer.  Some may be busy and others may not have the willingness to do it.  Both excuses are perfectly fine.  No one wants a critique from someone who doesn't want to give it!


Critics:
:iconu-fido-u:
Contact information: Any way
Won't critique: Essays, anything with sexual content, yaoi/BL, yuri/GL, and horror.
Availability:  Only reviewing poetry due to lack of time to commit for longer projects or works. Just ask and I'll get back to you when I can. :)

:iconpari-a:
Contact information: Note or comment on profile
Won't Critique: Won't Critique: Tell me specifically what I'll be reading in the note. If I wish to critique it, then, expect my critique within two days or less.
Availability: Will depend. Just ask

:iconemster85:
Contact Info: Any method, preferably a note with reference or link to the work you want critiqued
Specialty: Poetry, Short Prose, Short Stories
Won't Critique: FanFic, mature content
Availability: I'm on DA almost every day, so I should get back to you within 3-5 days!

:iconsazamika:
Contact Info: Preferably a note with what you want me to critique
Won't Critique: I'll critique anything.
Availability: It depends, I may be slow I may be quick it all depends on my studies. But feel free to ask!

:iconblackheart276:
Contact Infromation: Note
Won't Critique: yaoi/yuri and anime/manga stuff.
Availability: Quite often.
Speciality: Short stories / Essays / Fantasy based work. I am knowledgeable on certain subjects and fan-fictions 'fanon' too, so feel free to ask and I'll inform you if I believe I can handle the challenge.

:iconjunsuifox:
Contact Information: Note or comment.
Won't Critique: Anime/fanfiction, essays and yuri.
Availability: Mostly online

:iconthe-authoress124:
Contact info: Note or comment
Won't critique: yaoi/yuri, 18+, certain fanfics (be specific when you ask)
Availability: Fairly available, but expect anywhere from a couple hours to 2-3 days while I finish

:iconicemagix2450:
Contact information: Anything is fine (Note, profile comment, etc.)
Won't critique: Anything with sexual content
Availability: Every day

:iconyenros:
Contact Information: Note or a comment on profile
Specialty: fantasy writings, adventure writing
Won't critique: 18+, yuri/yaoi, sexual content, essays, stories with strong language
Availability: almost everyday
Specialize: fantasy and adventure writing

:iconrobespierre13:
Contact Information: Note, profile comment whatever you like
Won't critique: sexy time stuff-no yaoi/yuri, overt sexual content, things peppered with f-bombs.
Available: Pretty much available whenever, just give me a little time to read it over.

:icon91816119:
Contact info: comment on one of my journals
Won't critique: fanfiction, any mature content WHATSOEVER
Availability: usually around most days.

:iconiloveanimals12:
Contact info: comment on my page or send me a note
Won't critique: well the only things i critique are poems and stories
Availability: Often

:iconsun-phoenix:
Contact: Comment on my profile or note me
Wont critique: Romance stories (I'm no good with those), anything 18+ or poems.
Availability: Almost every day

:icondeath-in-crimson:
Contact: Note
Will keep an open mind about all topics, but if I can't see a way of helping I'll decline to critique.
Availability: Everyday when I am done with work.

:icondragoninlife:
Contact: Note, Profile Comment, Deviation Comment, or any other means outside DA, including several of my E-Mails; my business E-Mail is displayed on my profile
Won't critique: I critique anything, that's the good side of me.
Availability: every day, from 3-9 pm
Specialty: Dragon/ fantasy/Romance

:iconbouncytheempoleon:
Contact: Comment on my profile, note, email, Skype, any is fine.
Won't critique: Yaoi, yuri, lemons... That's about it.
Availability: Almost every day; at least 5 days a week.

:icondraftmartyjones:
Contact: Note me please
Won't critique: fan-fiction is all that I won't look at
Availability: Every day

:iconrosemarielachame:
Contact: Note me
Won't critique: Please tell me what your work is about, then I will decide if I critic.
Preference: Poems, Short Stories, Fantasy
PS. Don't expect me to critic your work after I have read it only once, I like to search for information to understand the contents. So don't push me to make a critic fast please!!!
Availabity: Almost Everyday

:iconelerrawyn:
Contact: Note me
Won't critique: Fan-fiction, yaoi
Availability: just about 24/7

:iconpsychoticgenius:
Contact: Note, comment
Won't critique: High amounts of sexual content
Availability: Fairly often

:iconsefall:
Contact Information: Note or comment on profile.
Won't Critique: Fanfiction. Poems. Everything else is a go. Prefer mature material.
Availability: Frequently. About every day. This is a dual account so there will be 2 of us to review work.

:iconsunaandkyanna:
Specialty: romance (yaoi, yuri, het)
Contact: Note or comment
Won't Critique: non-romance
Availability: Anytime

:iconjadesfires:
How to Contact Me: Note me!
Specialty: Fantasy-Urban Fantasy-Sci/Fi and Poetry
Will Not Critique: Anything with a lot of romance or sexual content (includes yaoi/yuri), anime/manga, some fanfiction (please be specific in your request)
Availability: I am available most of the time but please allow a couple days for me to read your piece and construct a thoughtful critique.

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How to contact me - Note or a comment on my profile.
I will not critique - High sexual themes(so anything 18+) Yaoi/yuri, fanfictions and poems.
Availability - I am available most of the time, but i would like atleast a few hours or maybe a few days to be able to write a thoughtful critique.

:iconinkfish7:
Specialty: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Christian Fiction
Won't Critique: Fan fiction, Yuri/Yaoi, Erotica.
Contact: Send me a note, wall post, or whatever is handy.
Availability: I'm on DA daily.

:icondtkftw:
Contact: Note me, or comment on my profile, whichever you prefer.
Won't critique: Anything heterosexual. Everything else I'm fine with. I'm not good at yuri, because I'm still getting used to it, but I'm open to it. Nothing 18+ in that section, but yaoi I'm totally down with. Original, fanfiction, so long as it's not heterosexual.
Availability: Not as often as I used to be, but when I log on it's usually for a while.

:iconrosalieemily:
Contact: Note me, or comment on my profile, whichever you prefer.
Specialty: Fan-Fiction, Manga/Anime, Poems, Fantasy & Adventure.
Won't critique: Yuri/Yaoi, High sexual themes(so anything 18+).
Availability: Almost everyday, i'm on DA almost everyday.

:iconteambrownie1:
contact: note me or post on my profile.
WON'T critique: yaoi/yuri, fanfics. [i WILL critique animes, if not too sexual.]
availability. almost everyday, with some lapses of absence, due to having to study for some test or somesuch.

:icontheblackbullets:
Contact: On my page, in a note, I sometimes post in the Thumbshare Forum, too.
Specialty: Fanfiction, and any sort of original story besides fantasy.
Won't critique: Poetry, slash fics (especially with canon/oc)
Availability: I'm always on, forever.

:icondeathana-underworld:
Contact information: note
Won't critique: Some types of fan-fics, anything with very high sexual themes
Availability: depends, just message me and i'll get to it when i can....

:icondementedgothangel:
Contact information: Note or profile comment, preferably a note
Preference: Short stories, finished longer works
Won't critique: Fanfics, poetry
Specialty: Romance
Availability: Most days, generally later in the evening. It may take me a day or so to find time to write a critique so please don't rush me. Also please make note of whether you want the critique as a comment on the piece or sent to you via note.
I'm also willing to help with grammar, spelling, and sentence structure/flow problems.
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:iconraenax:
*RaenaX May 18, 2012  Professional General Artist
looking for someone to edit a yaoi novelette. The first 2 chapters have been edited already so....13 more chapters (pages range from 3-15 and the page size is A5)

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~u-fido-u May 19, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Feel free to contact any of the critics of your choice in the list. The information provided has ways of contact and what they'll critique :)

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You just lost the game ;) :D :la:
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:iconartangel91:
Got a finished YA novel? Try [link]
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:icontwilightdreams56:
I have a question: I'm writing a story that has chapters in it, and I was wondering where I put it in.

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~u-fido-u Mar 22, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
There's an explanation on the gallery page. However, in short, there's a section called "Prologues and First Chapters" for such things and a section called "More Chapters" for anything not beginning your story as a prologue or first chapter. :)

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You just lost the game ;) :D :la:
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Ohhh thank you! :D

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~u-fido-u Mar 23, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
You're welcome :D

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You just lost the game ;) :D :la:
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~VadeWolfe Feb 29, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
May I join please?

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- The Prisoner
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*Luna--Rose Feb 29, 2012   General Artist
Sure, just click the "join our group" button on the dark blue bar at the top of the page! Everyone is welcome to be a member.

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Don't bother with me—I left my mind back in Dimension 72.

Founder of #Writers-and-Editors and #TheUselessGroup
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~VadeWolfe Mar 1, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you, and ok!

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- The Prisoner
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~CarusELumen Feb 26, 2012  Student Writer
Crap, I am so sorry! If an Admin is reading this, I'm apologizing up front for my accidental folder submission for Prologue - Necroid, and I forgot that it has brief sequences of blood content. It's the only one of my short stories that has this, but I still should've been aware of that and put it in the Mature Content folder. :facepalm: Anyways, if you guys could move that, I hope I don't get in trouble here on my first day. ^^;

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*Luna--Rose Feb 26, 2012   General Artist
Hey, it's okay! You're hardly the first person to submit to the wrong folder. :aww: I've moved it. Don't worry—mistakes happen; none of the admins will hold it against you. :D

And welcome to #Writers-and-Editors!

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~CarusELumen Feb 26, 2012  Student Writer
Thanks for the understanding and warm welcome, Ms. Rose, and I'm glad to be a part of it! :thanks:
(Weird, but I realized your last name is the same as my sister's. :XD:)

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"BOW-CHICKA-BOW-WOW!" - Pvt. Lavernius Tucker from Red vs Blue

Proud scholar (and founder) of #Celestial-University
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~DragonInLife Jan 19, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Add "Specialty: Dragon/ fantasy/Romance" to my thing please!

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~NeverTheWanted Jan 19, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Done.

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~DragonInLife Jan 19, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
ty.

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~NeverTheWanted Jan 20, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
yw.

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Don't you feed me lies about some idealistic future
You know I won't heal right if you keep tearing out the sutures.
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~DragonInLife Jan 19, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
i'm still critiquing, but no one bothers to ask me, and i'm also open to commissioning literature now!

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~DragonInLife Nov 16, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
if anyone want to critique music, i'm open for them to critique mine.

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~DragonInLife Nov 16, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
need a critique for an old and new mix of work. here's the link:

[link]

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