tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post1404283644440353475..comments2023-11-07T21:12:19.852-06:00Comments on Wyrdsmiths: Why to Belong to a Writers Grouptate hallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-42205182349495714522010-11-22T13:42:26.910-06:002010-11-22T13:42:26.910-06:00My first writing group was a poetry group in Detro...My first writing group was a poetry group in Detroit decades ago. When I moved back to the Twin Cities, I struggled to set up a writing group in an SF & F community that was far smaller than it is now. I finally got one going, with the help of a friend. That was sometime in the 1970s. I've been writing groups most of the time since then. They are hugely useful and a big part of my social life.Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014586558046317266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-31069666916410240932010-11-22T12:09:02.499-06:002010-11-22T12:09:02.499-06:00Too true, my group has been nothing but helpful. I...Too true, my group has been nothing but helpful. I can't imagine trying to do this without some kind of support system. I sometimes wonder if the people who are so fervently anti-writers group are only like that due to bad group experiences resulting from personality clashes.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581880415411016683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-65926202963489390832010-11-21T19:03:32.719-06:002010-11-21T19:03:32.719-06:00Nice list, Sean. The company and the criticism are...Nice list, Sean. The company and the criticism are key for me. It's amazing how much I can miss in writing a story -- sometimes things I simply hadn't thought of and sometimes things I had figured out, but forgot to put in.Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014586558046317266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-68688234430891060002010-11-20T12:17:07.533-06:002010-11-20T12:17:07.533-06:00i have two groups, and they're both invaluable...i have two groups, and they're both invaluable in their own ways.~ Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791869629938128432noreply@blogger.com