Have a plan for problematic members. I speak from experience! It was also helpful having writers say what type of feedback they were looking for (like developmental vs line edits)

I think that we were a diverse group of writers that wrote in different genres helped a lot for fresh perspectives. Like, it's good to get beta readers in your genre, but the critique group having different outlooks really stretched the writing.

Set up standards for CONSTRUCTIVE feedback and

It depends on the writing group. I was in a great one for a few years, and it helped so much.

Where's the lie?

It was a very idyllic little getaway!

It is too early for this bullshit.

I'm no Christian, but read the Bible. Jesus was an upsetter of the status quo and a defender of the marginalized.