No matter how the writer pleads, hold to your basic rules. Remember that learning to be silent is also a good discipline for writers. You may use a group, of course, for other purposes than critiques. Have lunch out with friends to talk generally about the state of the world, their lives, and the latest books. Have a session in which everyone brings in a work by another writer or the group uses a session or part of a session to analyze other writers.
Some groups have recitals in which members of the group read their work to an audience.
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