Daniel Nester on the "rules" of a creative writing workshop

Daniel Nester lays out his Ten (okay, more like Seven) Commandments for the creative writing workshop over at We Who Are About to Die. Among them:

The author reads the work aloud.

The first comment(s) begins with the words, "I notice."

Someone leads the discussion.

The author does not talk until the end of discussion (a.k.a. the "Muzzle Rule").

Read on for his reasoning and more of his rules.