The Art of Critique
Instructor – Venise Berry
November 14, 2020 (11am-12:30pm central time)
(Workshop open to BWC members only)
As part of the Black Writer’s Collective, your critiques are valuable to fellow members.
They are looking for a more detailed response than “I like it” or “That’s nice.”
![Dr. Venise Berry](jpg/glassespose.jpg)
This workshop will help you to more effectively review the work of your peers. There are several areas that you will learn to evaluate including characters, storyline/plot, setting, wording, point of view/voice, conflict/tension, clarity/detail.
The session will involve an overview of critique evaluation techniques, several exercises and a question/answer period.
Bio: Venise Berry is an associate professor of Journalism and African American Studies at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She has published both fiction and non-fiction. Her current book is Racialism and the Media: Black Jesus, Black Twitter and the First black American President (Peter Lang, June 2020). She is co-author of two non-fiction books about film – The Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema (Scarecrow Press, 2007 & 2nd Ed. 2015) and The 50 Most Influential Black Films (Citadel 2001). She is also the author of three national bestselling novels; So Good, An African American Love Story (1996), All of Me, A Voluptuous Tale (2000) and Colored Sugar Water (2002). Driven: Reflections on Love, Career and the Pursuit of Happiness (October 2018) was published by Jewell Jordan/BerryBooks.
BWC members can register for an access this workshop via the network event calendar.