For those whose work is “up” for workshop:

• Be sure to look at What + How to Submit when selecting what to receive feedback on.
• Take a look at the Workshop Menu and decide which feedback method or approach you would like best.
• Prepare to let the cohort know what kind of feedback you do not want as well as the type you do.
• If your piece of writing is a part of a whole, let the cohort know what the context for your piece lives in. Consider leaving a note at the top of your writing selection so we know this before we read.

For all else:

• You will read each of the three writers’ submitted pieces with close attention. It is suggested you read thoroughly at least two times before our workshop session.
• Before our Zoom call, please prepare one or more of the following as thoughtful, generous feedback vehicles:

1. A voice note reading their work in your voice, as you would read it to yourself without knowing the writer personally. The mere act of hearing one’s work in someone else’s voice can be incredible feedback.
2. A “letter” of response — keeping in mind that the piece of writing is its own whole being. Your letter is not to be corrective but an embodied response to the writing, illustrating connections, associations, or expansive questions. Your letter of response should feel like a true letter, with the purpose of gaining closeness to the writer.
3. Handwritten notes of connection, association, or expansive questions on the piece of writing (digitally, or scanned)
4. An artistic response or ekphrasis — like a game of creative telephone, you are invited to create a piece of art or writing of your own in direct response to the piece of writing. This is an illustrative form of feedback that shows the writer how influential their ideas can be. In other words, you are invited to create an ekphrastic response.