After writing the first draft of my story, I needed to get some feedback from fellow writers. I found out about scribophile, which is a free critiquing website for writers. Before I could post however, I had to critique others' writing. The site gave me specific items to critique and helped me to write my comments in a concrete way. If the writer appreciated my critique, I received points so that with so many points I could finally post my writing and get feedback from others. This was most helpful as the critiques were helpful and thoughtful. I had tried other sites in the past and they were not helpful as they either were too vague or too mean!
Next, I took an online class from the Loft Literary Center, which is in Minneapolis, MN. They do have workshops on site, but I took an online Novel Writing one. I received helpful but vague feedback from the teacher and the other students. The readings every week were from other writers about their process. I found these to be boring and not helpful. I took a class from the Loft last year that I learned a lot from, so I was disappointed that this didn't meet my expectations.
Final note, Writer's Digest has lots of online writing workshops, some that I took. They are informative and I learned a lot. I recommend these over the Loft if you are a beginning writer. The Loft is for those who have some writing experience or education.
Quote for the week: the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. It took me many years to figure out what the difference was. But here it is: I can only control me, and only parts of me: my attitude, thoughts, feelings, and will. I can't change what I was born with, but I can change what I do with it.
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