I'm glad I found this site, it looks like I've found the right place to communicate my thoughts and aspirations.
That's very true. We're all writers here, whether it be simple as a hobby or as a career (or at least attempting to make it a career, as I am). However, be prepared for contradictory advice: writers have many different opinions on many different things, and those opinions aren't necessarily false, no matter how much they oppose another piece of advice. Just a heads-up. Welcome.
Thomas is right. Writing is an art, not a science, and as such, how best to do it is a matter of debate. Quite a bit of it, as it turns out, but it's certainly a lot of fun!
Welcome to Writing Forums, MerlinGLX! 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 requirements. 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. The requirements of the Writing Workshop don't apply to the contests, so new members are allowed (nay, encouraged!) to get stuck in and enter! If you have any questions or problems, then the moderators (myself, 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
Like-minded people can check your logic and assumptions. Different-minded people open up new avenues to explore. Happily, you'll find both here.
