Anyone suggest a good writing group?

Leggs · Aug 24, 2006

You know what's nice about writing a creative thesis? Your "art" gets kicked around so long and so hard that you lose all fear of criticism. (Okay, most fear.)

So, with my newly accquired dragon-scale skin I'm ready to join an online critiquing group. I've googled it, but no link can be as informative as a suggestion from a real, live person. Any suggestions? I'm doing short stories right now.

Siddow · Aug 24, 2006

Um, right here, in Share Your Work.

Cath · Aug 24, 2006

Yup - this is as good as any I've come across. You'll get an honest critique and a lot of great advice.

MicheleLee · Aug 24, 2006

If it's horror Carnival of Wicked Writers has really helped me, lots of support there.

MidnightMuse · Aug 24, 2006

Best one I've seen is here, in the SYW forum. Wear your asbestos undies and jump right in

Leggs · Aug 24, 2006

Cool! I always cringe when I hear people ask this because it seems SO amateurish (and a little arrogant, too) but as a matter of theory, does anyone worry about their work getting, well, hacked stolen?

Kate Thornton · Aug 25, 2006

No.

The critique group here is password protected to keep out spammers and the like, and people here are professional about such things. Our monitors do a really bang-up job.

Also, the incidence of stolen work is very small - even in the big online world outside of this forum. I have only experienced it once (years ago when the internet was new), and it was of a widely published piece, not a WIP. The perpetrator was a dimwit and regretted it very much.

Jump in and enjoy!

Leggs · Aug 25, 2006

Cool! I'm in!

Anyone suggest a good writing group?

Leggs

Siddow

I'm super! Thanks for asking

Cath

The mean one

MicheleLee

MidnightMuse

Midnight Reading

Leggs

Kate Thornton

Still Happy to be Here. Or Anywhere

Leggs