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On-line writers groups
Kiriath:
The Critique Circle at http://www.critiquecircle.com seems rather friendly to me. It seems to have a nice variety of people, from the hobbyists to the professionals.
I hear many cool things about Forward Motion www.fmwriters.com, but it seems to me to be really darn intense. :)
apothecaryrose:
--- Quote from: Dayna Barter on July 13, 2006, 06:24:04 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mickey Finn on June 26, 2006, 03:19:25 PM ---*waiting for someone to suggest a writer's group being formed from these boards*
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<g> Well hey, that wouldn't suck. ;D
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Sign me up :) I'm looking for a online writers group.
Kilsokwa:
--- Quote from: pathele on June 26, 2006, 01:12:01 PM ---Hey all,
I have been writing for most of my life. I have never been part of a writers group, on-line or otherwise. I started looking around for one in my area (Oklahoma City), but most of the ones I found are for Romance or some other genre.
Here's my questions:
How many of you belong to on-line writers groups?
Are they as useful as in-person writers groups?
Are there any that you would recommend for an unpublished aspiring writer?
thanks in advance for the info.
-paul aka travln_bard
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I dunno about groups, but I found this Gotham Writing place online doing a search on classes:
http://www.writingclasses.com/HomePages/indexOnline.php
I'm still checking it out, but it looks like a good nuts and bolts approach to writing. I'm wondering if anyone else has heard of it?
Kilso
Cathy Clamp:
Oh, I belong to a BUNCH of them.
I'm one of the Moderators on Absolute Write http://www.AbsoluteWrite.com/forums, where a bunch of SF/fantasy authors hang out (James D. Macdonald, Victoria Strauss, A.C. Crispin, etc.), as well as well-known agents, editors and publishing attorneys. It's over 9,000 strong and a very friendly group! ;D
A few others are:
Writers BBC http://www.writersbbs.com/forums/#chat
Writers.net http://www.writers.net
WritersWeekly http://forums.writersweekly.com
The Writer (on-line home of the magazine) http://www.writermag.com/wrt/community/forum
Etc., etc. There are lots more, too, depending on your primary writing genre. Yes, I think they're useful, depending on your goals. For example, on AW (AbsoluteWrite) they have a "Share Your Work" forum that's password protected where other pubbed writers will help you iron out your query or synopsis or even a chapter. You can even ask stupid questions to REAL editors and agents (we've had guest agents from Curtis Brown, Trident Media, Rights Unlimited and others!) without having them laugh at you.
Stop by any one of them and say HI to me! :D
Kiriath:
Wow.
I've heard of AbsoluteWrite, but I think that's the only one. Thanks! :)
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