Discouraged about your writing? Wonder if you are ever going to get anything published? How do you learn to write? Admittedly, any kind of writing requires work and effort, but joining a critique group can move you in the right direction. A critique group is a small group of writers who encourage each other and provide regular help to each other. Joining a group is not … [Read more...]
How Online Critiquing Can Help Your Writing
By its very nature, the Internet attracts writers-both good and bad. The result is a thriving on-line community dedicated to the art and craft of writing. One way to participate in this community is to become involved in a critique group. Such groups function much like traditional writer's groups, with two main goals: To help members improve their writing skills, and to … [Read more...]
Critiquing Coffee and Donuts – Online Critique Groups
I love those little donuts covered with powdered sugar, but I don't want to be cleaning their dust off my blue jeans when I'm taking part in a critique session. That sort of thing happens during the let's-have-coffee-and-chat break at the average face-to-face critique group for writers, doesn't it? I prefer an on-line critique group. All right, I confess. My computer … [Read more...]