Subreddit rules check
r/writingcritiques
Can you promote here?
Promotion is allowed only with moderator permission (or inside designated threads). A short, honest modmail before posting costs two minutes and functions as a safe-conduct pass; skipping it is the most common avoidable removal.
From the rules · Read the sidebar and include an excerpt, genre/context and any content warnings; moderators sometimes remove posts for format or rule breaches.
Links
The rules clearly allow links. A plain-text mention still often outperforms a URL from a young account.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: showcase, discussion, question
Headline shape: direct request lines like “Critique my…”, “Please tell me what you think”, or “Seeking critique”. Posts paste a short-to-medium excerpt (opening, scene, poem) and a brief context/genre note. Tone is informal, earnest, often apologetic/polite (“pls be kind”); best posts include a clear excerpt, specific questions, and content warnings. Vague link-only or promotional posts do poorly.
Arriving in the local format matters: cross-posting the same text everywhere reads as tourist instantly. The wider method is in the Reddit playbook.
Classified mechanically from the community's published rules and recent top posts, last checked September 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/writingcritiques's rules page before posting anything that matters.
Thread Otter checks this before every send
These profiles power the product: promo-banned communities never receive a promotional draft, drafts arrive in the local format, and a fact-check gate plus human pacing protect the account doing the talking.