1. forestfox

    forestfox New Member

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    hello

    Discussion in 'New Member Introductions' started by forestfox, Jun 10, 2020.

    Hi. I'm new, and I am diving right in. I'm seeking a new writer home, as I want to leave facebook. I look forward to meeting everyone.

    I write fantasy romance.
     
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    Dogberry's Watch Contributor Contributor Contest Winner 2023 Contest Winner 2022

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    Hello, and welcome. I hope you like it here.
     
  3. jannert

    jannert Retired Mod Supporter Contributor

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    Hi forestfox! :)

    I’m one of the forum moderators, and I want to welcome you to the forum. I see you're already off to a great start, with several entries in your Progress Journal and some responses as well. While this place is NOT another Facebook—we concentrate on writing here, and don't encourage a lot of Facebooky digression—it is certainly a great place to talk about writing and make friends. We don't consider Writing Forums to be 'social media' in the same context as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, but we do have a Lounge area, for informal fun—to a point. But our main purpose is to help with writing and provide a way for writers to contact and make friends with other writers. Writing can be a solitary business. I hope you find this focus and camaradarie beneficial, so you can get your own writing off and running.

    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—although it is your own responsibility to keep track of your own ratio. The software doesn't keep track of it for you, beyond your first two critiques.

    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
     
  4. Scarlett_Rav

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    Hi! I'm trying my hand at a fantasy romance for the first time right now. It's fun! And certainly stretching my brain in new ways. I look forward to reading your stuff. : )
     

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