I have come here looking for comradery and motivational conversation. I hope I can make as many good friends here as I have on my music forum. I have been thinking of writing for all of my adult life, though I have not made many whole-hearted attempts. Though I declare my intent to as of now. I just completed a creative writing course which I took mainly to give me a little jump-start. It was helpful too. My literary tastes are eclectic, though there are certain types of fiction I tend to avoid. I would like to try writing some science fiction. I would also like to try to have a literary approach though I feel works that were created with the lofty goal of being art, more often than not achieve the end result of being crap instead. I will try to avoid writing crap. Over the next few months I intend to try writing a few short stories and see where that takes me. Maybe I can get some needed criticism here.
Welcome to Writing Forums, Jeeves! 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
Thanks Backbiter. The Strat in your avatar look just one of my guitars, like my "El Stratocastador de México"
