The BASIC RULES of engagement here are simple.

You must write and you must read and comment upon what others in the group write, giving honest feedback. Remember: This is a novel writers group for dedicated, serious writers. If you aren't serious, the workload and demands of writing a successful novel will prove daunting.

Try to submit author finals for critique. Anything less is actually a waste of your time and ours. Of course you can submit anything you want to, but, do so with a purpose in mind, such as seeing if a specific scene works the way you intended. Dumping a draft novel manuscript into the crit bin usually only dulls the fresh eyes/minds you will desperately need for your author finals.

You may not plagerize. You may not steal another author's ideas. You may not store another's work in any form without explicit permission by that author.

The obligation is yours to learn the rules of the novel writing craft and apply them, and learn to break them effectively. We supply the tools, the resources, the opportunity to learn by example, the chance to learn skilled techniques from other authors, but we don't and won't spoon-feed it to you.