You also have one of these private pages, and you can access it from your home page as soon as your fifth review is complete. To be considered by the editors, a story must receive relatively high rankings, generate discussion on the board, or receive intriguing reviews. No story posted on-line has yet been accepted for publication, but several have been serious contenders, according to Brodeur. This process is a heady experience for most writers. The immediacy of contact with other writers and the availability of constructive criticism at Zoetrope is otherwise hard to come by.
Writing is a lonely craft, and the business end can be excruciatingly slow.
The dynamic forum of Zoetrope is a chance to get and offer feedback daily, which many writers find irresistible. Members also rave about the improvements in their work after they ve gone through the critiquing process, even though the criticism comes from such widely varying sources. The strange bag of conflicting advice forces me to take a stand and move the story in a direction that feels right for me. Boston writer Christine Naugle, who has posted eight stories since Zoetrope s launch, expresses surprise at how well the reviewing system has tuned my eye to some of my favorite flaws. I can actually catch myself before I fall.