Looking for a Writing Group?
Hello hello! Writing Holding Hands is opening slots again for new members to join our writing group! We have 12 amazing writers in our group, and we're looking to add six more to our numbers, so if you've been working on stories and want a supportive community to write with, we might be the right choice for you!
Some things you should know about our group before hand:
1: We are a VERY dedicated and active group. You must come prepared to read and engage with other writers and their work on a daily basis to be a viable participant for our group. The common-place experience of joining a group, dropping your work and silently hoping someone will read it is an experience we actively avoid, so if you want support and can provide support, we're a great choice. This is a group for writers who want community-- we talk to each other every day, we are familiar with each other's projects, we are colleagues with immense admiration for one another. We take this commitment to community VERY SERIOUSLY.
2: In the spirit of the Fire Horse year, many of us in the group are looking to get published. We hold regular anthology evenings to write short stories together, we keep track of submission calls, we encourage each other to get out there. You do not have to be interested in publishing to be part of our group, but whether you're a hobbyist or on your way to writing a novel, we're committed this year to getting the thing done, finishing drafts, submitting stories, getting to work. If you're not there but you want to be, or you are there and you want people to cheer you on while you do it? Get on in here.
3:Joining this writing group is a commitment that, I say again, must be taken seriously. Members who are not active, communicative and supportive of others will get kicked. If you have a very busy school schedule or work schedule or you're just not the type to talk to people online regularly? Definitely not the group for you. Part of the motivational aspect of this group dynamic is that we are consistently investing time and energy into each other. We are also critique forward and that might be challenging for some writers in the process of creating their work. If you are uncomfortable with critique, we're also not for you. While we hold a very high standard of operating from a place of compassion and professionalism, critique is an important part of the work we do together, and it will be something you experience as regularly as you receive compliments and kudos for your progress.
4:This is an 18+ group and many of our writers write graphic horror, erotica and complicated themes. You don't have to read everyone's work or even like everyone's work to participate in this group, but you must be an adult and you must be comfortable with adult content.
5: Queer writers and writers of color are highly encouraged and welcome; we need more spaces where stories that often get overlooked are celebrated and supported, so if you're in either of these categories and looking for community, please do apply. More than half of our members are queer and people of color, and we want more. MORE.
All that being said, if you are interested, please email me at [email protected] answering these questions.
1: What are you writing currently? Tell me a little about it.
2: What's your process like? How often are you finding time to write and read?
3: What do you feel you would bring to a writing group that would benefit your fellow writers?
4: What do you need most when it comes to community as a writer? What would make you feel supported and confident as you work?
5: How comfortable are you with criticism of your work as it's being created?
6: Do you have capacity to support others by reading their work and engaging in the chat along with working on your own projects?
7: If supporting others and engaging with the server becomes difficult, how will you address this difficulty?
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Thanks so much!
Alexander
