I attend two writing circles, which meet weekly, whenever I am in Finland. The groups have all kinds of writers, anything from a beginner to a published author, we have many genres and we do writing exercises and group critiques. I find the writer's circles very helpful and inspiring.
I do get something similar from this forum, that is, meeting other writers, sharing and getting ideas, reading, giving some critique and so on, but I would still also like to find a writer's circle or a writing class in California, too. So far, I have not been able to find one near where I live. But it may be that I just haven't looked in the right places.
Is anyone a member of a writing circle or does anyone attend a writing class? How did you go about finding one? In case I can't find one, I was wondering if anyone has tried starting one and what goes into it? If there is not enough interest in the area, has anyone tried a virtual writer's circle? Do you think it might work?
I do get something similar from this forum, that is, meeting other writers, sharing and getting ideas, reading, giving some critique and so on, but I would still also like to find a writer's circle or a writing class in California, too. So far, I have not been able to find one near where I live. But it may be that I just haven't looked in the right places.
Is anyone a member of a writing circle or does anyone attend a writing class? How did you go about finding one? In case I can't find one, I was wondering if anyone has tried starting one and what goes into it? If there is not enough interest in the area, has anyone tried a virtual writer's circle? Do you think it might work?