I think this has been discussed this community before by various folk, although I can't remember the specifics! ;-)
I think the only way to really avoid hurt feelings, etc., would be that it would need to be where the author herself offers up her fic and she would have to be very specific about what sort of criticism she wants. Does she have a very thick skin and can take anything? Does she just want to know about characterization? Does she just want to know if her grammar is okay? Etc. Even...does she just want to know what people LIKE about the fic? (I think that's valid, too...sometimes we all as writers learn from seeing what works in other people's fics)
Or another option is to keep it invite only and just handpick people that you trust and that you know what play nice?
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I think this has been discussed this community before by various folk, although I can't remember the specifics! ;-)
I think the only way to really avoid hurt feelings, etc., would be that it would need to be where the author herself offers up her fic and she would have to be very specific about what sort of criticism she wants. Does she have a very thick skin and can take anything? Does she just want to know about characterization? Does she just want to know if her grammar is okay? Etc. Even...does she just want to know what people LIKE about the fic? (I think that's valid, too...sometimes we all as writers learn from seeing what works in other people's fics)
Or another option is to keep it invite only and just handpick people that you trust and that you know what play nice?
I dunno...just throwing ideas out! :-D