Hi there. I've been poking around trying to find a place where I can be inspired,learn a whole lot more than the little I know about writing and hopefully share some of my generally laid back (hopefully) humorous little scribblings. I think perhaps, from the bit of exploring that I've done here so far, that I'll probably hang about in the non fiction section. Look forward to getting to know the people behind the words. Tracy
Welcome to Writing Forums, Tracy! I hope you find what you're looking for here, whatever your interests in writing. This forum aims to provide the best workshopping resources on the internet, and to that end we have a few rules which you should familiarise yourself with before you get stuck in. The main section of the site is the Writing Workshop, where members can post their writing in order to receive critique of their work. However, before we allow members to post their work, they must have met some basic requirements. Firstly, you must have been a member for fourteen days, and have made twenty posts on the forum overall (please note, posts in Word Games do not count towards this). This is so that members, when they post their work, have familiarised themselves with the forums and contributed to them (as well as hopefully learned something for themselves). Secondly, members must provide two constructive reviews of other people's work for each piece of their own that they wish to post. This is because we believe that the focus of workshopping should be equally upon giving reviews as receiving them, as they allow a writer to practice and improve their editing skills, which they can then apply to their own writing. Beyond the Writing Workshop, you will find that we have extensive forums for discussion of aspects of writing, as well as a community area for general discussion. We also run periodic short story and poetry contests, which are good for challenging yourself and expanding your skills. If you have any questions or problems, then the moderators (myself, Cogito, Lemex and Dante Dases) should be your first port of call. Any technical problems with the site itself should be directed to Daniel, the site administrator and owner. I would recommend you have a look over the rules so that you know what to expect, and what is expected. But aside from that, I hope you enjoy your time here. Banzai
The non fiction section? You and I are now enemies. Juuuuust kidding (or am I?), welcome to the forums, Tracy!
I thought it was the safest place to get my feet wet. Fiction scares me. (You actually have to make stuff up!)
Eh...fiction is just lying, but you let people know it's a lie. And we lie all the time, right? Well, I do anyway. Or am I lying about being a liar? Wouldn't that make me honest? But if I'm being honest by lying about being a liar, that makes me a liar... Maybe you're right, fiction isn't for everyone. It takes a certain kind of devious nature (and a healthy bit of insanity) to come up with such elaborate lies.
I may have to work on the deviousness then, but I'm pretty right in the insanity department (so the voices tell me.)
