I just signed up to this website and i hope to get to know people here and get help and hopefully give help
Hi zterra! I’m one of the forum moderators, and I want to welcome you to the forum. You're already displaying one of my favourite traits in new members ...a willingness to get AND give help. That's the spirit of community, which we really appreciate here. What kind of writing do you like to do? Are you experienced, or just getting started? You'll find all levels of experience here, from traditionally published authors to total beginners. And lots and lots of favourite genres to explore. In order to help you get oriented and get settled, here are a couple of links I strongly recommend that you read at the start, if you haven’t already. They will give you a good idea of how we operate here on the forum: New Member Quick Start Forum Rules You will notice in the New Member Quick Start that in order to post your work in the Workshop area—the only area of the forum where you are allowed to post your work and ask for feedback—you will need to do at least two critiques for other people, in exchange for receiving feedback on one of your own pieces of work. This site is designed around the concept of members helping each other out by ‘paying it forward’—through our two-for-one critique system. So do two critiques, THEN you can post something of your own. This advance 2:1 ratio lasts as long as your membership here. In order to help you get started doing critiques, here is a link to a good article written by one of our former moderators: https://www.writingforums.org/threads/constructive-critiques.20627/ One of the popular areas of our forum is our contest section. There is a monthly contest running for Short Stories, Flash Fiction and Poetry. You can enter these ongoing contests, even as a new member. And we really encourage you to visit the site, read the current entries, and vote for your favourite when the voting period starts. This means a lot to the people who have written these entries. And it will also give you a good idea of what our members are capable of writing. https://www.writingforums.org/writing-contests/ While the Role Playing Game section is not new, it’s being given a revamp. So if you are interested in playing and writing Role Playing Games, you might want to visit this section and get in on the fun. https://www.writingforums.org/threads/resurrecting-the-dead-rpg-section-rebuild.165055/ I hope you have fun getting to know us and let us get to know you, via the posts you make. Please feel free to explore the forum. There is a lot under the hood. This site map might help you find your way around more quickly than the menu bars do, so feel free to use it. https://www.writingforums.org/faq/ If you encounter any difficulties, don’t hesitate to contact me or one of the other moderators, whose names appear in yellow at the bottom of the Community page. We will be glad to help. Again, welcome! Cheers for now, Jan
Interesting. Lots of novels used to be 'serialised' in papers and magazines ...published a chapter at a time, to keep people coming back for more. Is that the kind of thing you're doing? I think that might be a really interesting way to get your writing out there. Will you charge people to read this, or will it be free to the public?
That’s nice @zterra . You’d probably get a bigger audience when it’s free. .. There’s something about your avatar that reminds me a bit of Madonna when she was doing vogue. Can you explain what it is? We have a thread here that is all about explaining your avatar (if you can?). It’s this one: explain your profile picture
