Shalom to you, Yenta! Welcome to the forum. A comedy writer, aye? Comedy is the best remedy for so many ailments both physical and metaphorical. It goes a long way to bringing tikkun olam. Please have a look through the Forum Rules, and the FAQ as a start. Then take a leisurely stroll through the different areas of the forum to get your bearings. Once you have a good idea where everything is, come and say hello in the Lounge or have a look at the items already up for review in the Review section. Please remember that as a full participation workshop, you are required to give two (2) constructive reviews of posted items prior to posting your own work. Thereafter, two reviews for every post of your own work is the expected standard. Remember that two is only a minimum. Feel free to give as many reviews as you please. The more you give, the more you get. We are also a Flame-Free Location and we do not host Pie Fights either. Have fun!
Hey Yenta! I am also Jewish, and some of my writing could definitely be classified as comedy. (Though I don't see myself as a comedy writer, but an ordinary writer who can include some funny things in an otherwise serious article/story.) Nice to meet you!
Hello Yenta, Welcome to the Writing Forums. Posting your own writing for people to comment on should not be among the very first things you do here. It is worth taking the time to see what other people have done to improve their writing, and see if some of it applies to your writing as well. That is part of why we require members to review other members' work before posting their own for review. On the other hand, there are no restrictions, other than content and copyright rules, on showcasing your work in your member blog. Also, be aware that posting a piece of writing on any public site, including this one, will greatly diminish your chances of selling it for publication. Removing the writing later does not alter that fact - once posted, it is irreversibly considered published. So do not post anything more than a small excerpt of any piece you are planning to submit for publication. If you haven't explored the site yet, you should probably do so soon. Newcomers often gravitate to the Lounge, the Word Games, or the Review Room, but there is much more to be discovered if you poke in the corners. Remember to check out our FAQ as well, and be sure to read through the forum rules, too, to avoid any misunderstandings or hurt feelings. Respect for one another is our principal mandate. As for the Review Room, new joiners often wonder why we do things a bit differently on this site than on other writing sites. We emphasize constructive critique as a vital writing skill. Training your eye by reviewing other people's work helps you improve your own writing even before you present it for others to see. Therefore, we ask members to review other people's writing before posting work of their own. The Review Room forums on this site, therefore, are true workshops, not just a bulletin board for displaying your work (and on that note, please only post each item for review in one Review Room forum). Also, please use the same thread for all revisions and additional excerpts from the same piece of writing. See this post, Why Write Reviews Before Posting My Work? for more information. And while you're looking around, don't forget to check out our Weekly Short Story Contest and Weekly Poetry Contest. They actually run more than one week apiece, but any member may enter, and all members are urged to vote for their favorites. Enjoy your stay here, and have fun!
for me too, writing comedy is difficult, but being comical is easy but a thing only difficult at start when learning, after that it is how you say - "a piece of urine" shalom
i dont get it! i dont have permission to view the review room so how am i supposed to do 2 constructive critiques of posted items in that forum shalom
Yenta, When logged in, you should have access to the review rooms. (If you try to access them while not logged in, you will not get to them). If you've tried and cannot get in, contact a moderator--such as Cogito (via PM -- personal message) and they should be able to clear up the problem. Terry
funny i have just managed to post in the gen fiction. the first time i tried access was through the link in the rules (highlighted and underlined below) which doesnt grant access. there must be some sort of quirk or spookyness about it try yourself, see if it work for you shalom
The site is https://www.writingforums.org/. There are synonyms that will redirect you, but your cookies will be associated with the address you connected to instead fo the actual site, so you will appear not to be a logged in user. The most common error is leaving off the www.
