The purpose of a peer-review writing workshop is to help writers be the best they

can be and helping them to improve their writing to the point that it's publishable.
EVIEW ETIQUETTE: The purpose of a critique is to help the writer improve his or her
writing, not to slam the work. Destructive criticism or the deliberate trashing others'
work, no matter how bad a piece is, has no place in a workshop. Likewise, since it's
presumed that anyone presenting work for critique is here to learn how to make it
better, a whitewash job of reviewing doesn’t help the writer. Be honest, but be
courteous and positive and respect the writer's efforts.

WHAT'S EXPECTED IN A REVIEW: Learning to review well is not something that

comes easily to every writer. It can take years to master, but along the way, you
will find yourself learning as well. To that end, let’s approach reviewing and
critiquing in two stages: one for beginners, one for more experienced folks.
FOR EVERYONE: At a bare minimum, a review should express what you thought
of the piece. A review needs to be more than one word or one or two sentences
saying "Good" or "I really enjoyed this story" or "I think this is good, but I think it
needs to be longer." These are not acceptable reviews. As a general guide, a
review should probably be at least 100 words. There's no maximum length, and
I’ve seen some reviews that are actually longer than the piece being reviewed