Hello everyone! I am from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, and I am searching for an awesome writing community. I've tried Facebook, Reddit, and meetup, and I can't find anyone besides my wife to hunker down and critique my work. I feel like I have some great stories to write, which I will write, but I need that special someone(s) to go at it with me. So yeah, I hope I am in the right place.
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Welcome. We are (mostly) awfully nice. When you have 50 posts, you can put some work up in Share Your Work if that's what you're after. The best way to get fifty posts is to crit other work in SYW. People love you for that. 
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Crits or critiques are pretty special, and have their own sub forum called Share Your Work (SYW). You need 50 posts to start a new thread in SYW.
Lots of times new members think they know what it means to be critted, and that their work is ready for it, when it isn't. So having to have 50 genuine, engaged posts gives new members a chance to figure out how critting works.
Until you have 50 posts, why not go to Share Your Work and read some crits, and carefully read the stickies, and maybe try your own hand at doing a crit ?
The password for Share Your Work is vista.
There's an FAQ listing passwords.
Once you have 50 posts, you can start your own thread in Share Your Work. Until then, reading crits, and trying your own hand at critting will help you understand what it's like to be critted.
And welcome to AW!
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Hi there, and welcome.
Read mccardey's post again. It's that important. People who do critique get critique. People who don't...
Oh, and it's worth the time to read the links in regdog's post, too. Pretty much every question about how things work here, from nuts-and-bolts to community standards, is contained in those. Take your time--the quiz is weeks away!
Maryn, lying about the quiz
Read mccardey's post again. It's that important. People who do critique get critique. People who don't...
Oh, and it's worth the time to read the links in regdog's post, too. Pretty much every question about how things work here, from nuts-and-bolts to community standards, is contained in those. Take your time--the quiz is weeks away!
Maryn, lying about the quiz
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There is also an area to ask for beta-readers. But as the others have mentioned you don't get that much help from strangers without returning the favor.
Glad you're here! I'm in the same boat. New to the writing community. And no doubt, the amount of content on this forum is a bit overwhelming. But I've learned from other sites that critiquing is quite fun. I get just as much from working through someone else's content as I do my own. Give it a shot. And of course, be excellent to one another!
Peace.
Peace.
Oh yes, I am definitely interested in critiquing other works. I love reading different stories, experimental type stuff, or regular old genre fiction.
And yes, I know about the 50 messages lol.
And yes, I know about the 50 messages lol.
Welcome. I searched through various communities as well and found AW to be the most active and best fit for my needs. I have been a member for just shy of a year now and greatly appreciate the feedback received and the excellent research and educational tools available here. Best of luck to you.