ARIADNE'S OWL: Thursday Critique Group

Hello Everyone in the Thursday Night Critique Group. I'd like to use this blog as a way to communicate with you and perhaps discover a way to have posts from you as well. This is just to check in and see how the page feature works.

Thursday Writers:

Karen
Savanah
Catelin
Marilyn
Pauline
Nona

About Ariadne's Owl

This OWL is a place to talk about and share writing, and to explore the power of well-crafted words. It is an experimental teaching site for writers. The idea has been on my mind for many years and I'm not the only one to have thought of it, of course. Prudue University has an award-winning OWL that is much more extensive than what I hope to accomplish. It is an especially valuable link for resources—everything from how to write a number out correctly to how to overcome writers block. I am not attempting to repeat or compete, but rather offer elements that will uniquely assist writers working in any capacity with me.

About Molly Dwyer

I'm a writer, teacher, tutor, and editor. I spent September through December of 2009 living in Paris and working on my second novel—The Appassionata. Following in the footsteps of writers I've long admired, I spun the roulette wheel, risking everything—or so it feels, in pursuit of a dream. My first novel, Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein, is about Mary Shelley. It was nominated for the 2009 Northern California Book of the Year Award for Fiction. I have lived in Northern California since 1970, and to be honored as a writer by the region I love is truly magnificent.

A Fun Gimmick

I write like
Vladimir Nabokov

That's what the analysis told me: I write like Nabokov. When I read about his attention to acoustics, rhythm, the poetry of language, well—I was flattered.

Here's what they're saying about it: "I Write Like isn't an exact science, but the idea of an algorithm that can reveal traces of influence in writing has proven wildly popular… it was created by a 27-year-old Russian software programmer currently living in Montenegro."

I Write Like by Mémoires
Analyze Your Writing

Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein

Among "the Bay Area's best & brightest"
—Sue Gilmore, San Jose Mercury

"I always enter a new novel hoping that it will be good.This one surpassed my hopes. The story was excellent, the execution of the plot was riveting, and the writing impeccable. Wow… what an exciting read. I was so surprised at how very, very good it was." —Justine Toms, New Dimensions Radio
Co-founder, New Dimensions World Broadcasting Network