Fears of Students of Writing Group
- Hate reading aloud - want to fix it so it's right
- Feels scary - vulnerable
- Reading stumbles - make mistakes as you read
- Tone/inflection - reading aloud could make it seem better or worse
- Don't read out loud well
- Might argue the point, instead of reading the paper
- Feel pressure to take notes while listening, getting all the information
- Take awhile to develop rapport
- Not coming prepared
- Not participating
- Finding problems (am I right? do I show ignorance?)
- Get bad advice from peers
- Will they be honest if you write an awful paper
- Feel like they're overly critical
- Unable to resolve conflict