Writer's Group Part 2

    It can still be hard to know when to submit your work with a new group. You can get nevous about the level of critique that will be placed on your work. Try your best not to get defensive about it.

    It also gives you a viewpoint from people who aren't your friends and family (not that my family would read anything I wrote). They won't sugercoat anything and give you an outsiders view and ask you why? Why do you have the character do that? Or why would they assume this?

Why have him speak in a lisp?

      And one last thing, they keep you on a time schedule. If you meet every week or two weeks, then you feel the need to submit your work every week or two, thus keeping you on a sort of deadline.

This will keep you from sitting on your work too much.

     So if you write and need a someone to read the work you do, friends are better then nothing but seek out a Writer's group. I found one on Meetup.com. Also, check out my Fiverr page, I can read some of your work.

Benefits of Joining a Writer's Group Part 1

      Well, I have been busy. I've been meeting with a writer's group every couple of weeks to go over Dark Carpentry chapter by chapter.
      It's important to have others read and critique you writing. It's not always easy to have someone read your stuff and joining a local group has been humbling yet beneficial.
      It teaches you to up your grammar and word choice game. It also forces you to stay on a sort of deadline since eventually the group members are going to get curious about your own work.
Critiquing is a skill in itself, especially when some of the writer's may be a bit more advanced then you. It can be hard to proofread and find mistakes by writers that have a better understanding of grammar and word choice. Eventually, it comes down to how you feel about their content.
      My group of writers average 15-20 years older then me and have been doing it a bit longer.
Some have even been published or self published! That's a huge benefit alone to joining a group.
There's so much you can learn by have writers help you that have played the game and can give you great advice about publishing.
      To be continued...