Hi, I am a writer from Manchester, I am new to writing and am looking for somewhere to post work and recieve feedback, would anyone be able to point me in the right direction for this? Thank you
Hello. This should help get you started on your journey. https://www.writingforums.org/threads/new-member-quick-start-guide.132102/ Good luck and happy writing.
You can only post work in the workshop but you won’t be able to yet until you have met specific requirements. ... It’s more specifically this part here:
Ha! I had no idea both of you were from Manchester. Looks like you have a lot more in common than you thought.
Yeah, assuming not New Hampshire! I was a wayward nomad mind till my early twenties. Army brat. Settled now and suitably accented.
Hi marielle! I’m one of the forum moderators, and I want to welcome you to the forum. I'm not from the UK originally, although I've been living just south of Glasgow for the past 34 years, but I'm glad to see you have a couple of other Mancunian members to relate to already. Manchester is a great city with a unique culture attached to it—like so many cities in the UK. I've been through it once myself, and quite liked it, although we didn't stay ...just passing through enroute to Wales. In order to help you get oriented and get settled—and to answer your question about where to post your work and get feedback—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
