The Value of Joining a Writing Group

I was thinking about writing a piece like this, but when opportunity knocks? Thank you, Kyle Massa! 🙂 Reblogged at adaratrosclair.wordpress.com #Mondayblogs

A Writer's Path

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by Kyle Massa

Just the other day, I finished a first draft of a piece I was working on and thought to myself, This is pretty darn good. I brought that piece to my writing group a week later, and after fifteen minutes of critiquing, I was reminded of this fact:

The first draft is never, ever good enough.

Little reminders like this are why writing groups are so valuable. Writing alone and never sharing anything with anyone works for some people, but if you want to write professionally, that’s not really an option. Somebody’s going to read your work, whether that be family members, beta readers, or your editor. And, as solitary as writing can be, sometimes it’s nice to get some outside input.

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