Hello, everyone!
I just joined a few mintues ago, and from a basic click-through, this place seems pretty wicked. I've never joined a group like this before, but I'm very passionate about writing, so I hope that I'm able to stick with this! I look forward to gaining some intel on the craft from insightful and experienced writers, as well as to sharing anything I can bring to the table that might help out a fellow writer in need. I've been trying to write on my own for a while now, and I've hit a wall, so I'm looking for a place to find some inspiration and direction, and sort out the mess of ideas in my head. Hope this is it!
Thanks for reading!
Erica
Welcome LoveBird! You found the right site. Litreactor rocks - the magazine stuff and the workshopping. If you love reading and writing then you can't lose. The single most benefitial thing I have done for my writing skills has been to get into a workshop environment.
What sort of stuff do you write?
Hi Lovebird,
Welcome. It's good to see someone from West Virginia! I love that state. Go there every summer for whitewater rafting. Such a gorgeous place.
Good luck with your writing. This is a cool place and the Writer's Workshop is worth it.
Welcome!
We've got badges! You better start earning some!
Welcome Erica!
Always great to have more girls around! The site is really useful. Feel free to jump right in, everyone is honestly here to be helpful, which is the best part.
@avery
I'm glad you said it. We need more of a female presence up in this place.
What Avery said!
Hi. Welcome to the forum. Come into my parlour (that is, PM me) if you want someone with dwindling sanity to talk to,
Welcome! This place is great, lots of good feedback and awesomeness.
Hey there!
Welcome!
Girl power yeah!
Welcome Lovebird from the state above you. You've found the best workshopping site on the web. Jump in, get your feet wet. Like Avery said, we're all here to help and learn.
Looking forward to reading your work.
~Rian
This site plays home to an interesting cast of characters, and some of the most talented writers I've ever seen. You chose a good time to jump in. Welcome!
Welcome LoveBird! The workshop here is great and everyone here is very helpful.
The workshop here is great and everyone here is very helpful.
Yes - Everyone here is Very Helpful.
Make sure you read the craft essays. Take notes while you do so. In most reviews you'll hear the jargon used in those essays such as "Thought" verbs, "On the body", and "head" and "heart" authority.
Those essays are easily worth the price of a year of membership. All of the columns about writing have been great additions to the essays (and should be grouped with them [I think]).
Thanks for the welcomes and wise words, everyone! I'm very happy to have found this place, and excited to jump in.
@wickedvoodoo I haven't written much - a few dark poems and a couple shorts. But, I have ideas screaming to be let out of my head, and every time I think I know what kinds of things I want to write, something new pops up and says, "No, pick me!" So, I have bits and pieces of everything. What do you write?
Hi and welcome. Sorry we don't have a crafts table yet but the LR team is working on it...right?
