Evening all, After years of saying "I could write a better story than that" and doing precisely nothing about it I've finally decided today's the day. My secret shame is a liking for dodgy survival horror novels - not a genre traditionally associated with great literature but hey, different strokes for different folks and all that! So whilst I'm unlikely to raise the literary standards of the genre I at least hope to write something which doesn't make me shout at the book (laptop) in frustration. No previous writing experience and no expectations of being the next big thing but I'll see what I can do... Thanks all,
Sometimes we expect little of ourselves and yet find something much better than we expected. Never let yourself down. Good luck and welcome to the forums.
Welcome to the forum. I suspect many here have said the same thing. Hope the forum helps improve your skills and that you can help improve others.
Welcome to Writing Forums, Late Starter! 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 requirments. 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 and Cogito) 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
