Editing The Writing Workshop 9-05-18 (section)

=== Why You Need A Writing Community (And How To Find One!) ===
FEEDBACK

I think the word feedback scares people. It scares us…. Like, you know, in elementary school when the teacher would pass out the classes’ graded creative writing papers, and yours had red marks all over it and a barely passable grade that sent your GPA waaay down?

If you’ve got a group of people who really want to invest in you and your writing, you will never go through that again. '''They will want to help you, not give you a grade to despair over.''' Their goal should be to show you how to write better.


ADVICE

I came up with a quote for this one. Print it out. Tape it to your wall. It will be useful in life. Are you ready?

Good advice is better than stupid advice. -Abby Franklin, 2018

I’m pure genius.

To be a little more precise, advice is better coming from someone who knows what they’re doing than someone speculating from the outside.

Take, for instance, making a blog for the first time. Someone with no experience could tell you to go ahead and make a blog at the beginning of your writing career, while an experienced blogger may know that you should probably do XYZ before blogging for the first time.


FRIENDSHIP

When you have a friend who likes baseball, you might play or go to a game with them, right? If you agree, congrats! You found out why writing friends are important! Have some cake!

Writing friends are arguably the best friends ever, because they’re crazy weird and tend to be comical people because of it. But the best thing about them is that, if you’re a writer too, '''they’ll always be there to keep you going'''. And they are very persistent & passionate about it.

Plus, If you need extra ideas, a good name for a villain, or a good cry over a character’s death, they’re only a phone call or text away.

Yeah, writers are pretty awesome. 


ENCOURAGEMENT

We all get into those awful writing slumps sometimes. You guys know those days when you can’t seem to get the plot together or can’t write another word, and those dry seasons where nothing good seems to be happening.

One of the best parts of having writers around you is that they understand. They get it. Maybe they have tips on how to help, and maybe they don’t. But a good writer will always encourage you to keep going in your journey.

To read the full post, head over to <nowiki>https://whenwordsfly.com/2018/01/01/writing-community/</nowiki> 

'''(In the full post, it talks about an online Christian writing community too, which you should totally check out!)'''
----We have a super cool, exciting story by Jaylene for this month! Check out her Creative Writing folder in Creative Writing > The Creative Writers of NSA > Jaylene > Fire and Ice for more!