Heya, Thought this was a neat site and prowled around a bit before joining. I was especially impressed because whenever I had a question about my own writing, I could usually find an answer posted already. How cool is that? I usually write for my own entertainment or to bottlecap/explore a particular emotion or question. Helping others with their writing is one of my favorite things to do (I usually end up editing non-fiction, but...ah well.) I think I tend to come off blunt when I critique and I'm hoping that by communicating more with writers through this site, I can learn...gentler ways of conveying my messages. Well, I'll just keep prowling the site and contributing when I can!
Welcome, Artemia. Being blunt isn't always a bad thing. I like it when people are blunt about my writing, so long as what they are saying is constructive as well.
Welcome to Writing Forums, Armetia! 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, 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
