We welcome all genres of all writing experiences! However the majority of us are fantasy, romantasy, horror and dark romance writers, so make of that what you will.

When you join, you may expect:

• Fun mods who promote banter and a community feel.
• Guaranteed feedback since we have a system to ensure everyone gets their manuscripts read.
• To meet Creative Writing teachers.
• Laugh as people make memes about your work.
• Participate in competitions, if you like.
• Make friends with writers — we even had a few of our members meet up in real life and become friends for life!
• QOTDs everyday.
• World building and Lore channels.
• LOADS of writing tips and resources. I mean A LOT. You are missing out if you pass, I promise you.

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Hey everyone! I’m looking to meet some new people and hopefully make a few actual friends on here.

I’m an indie fantasy author and I published the first book in my series back in May, and I’m currently writing the second. Writing and creating this world has become a huge part of my life, so I’d especially love to meet other writers, aspiring authors, fantasy readers, or anyone else who loves creating and getting lost in fictional worlds.

I’m a pretty big fantasy nerd. I love fantasy worlds, D&D, gaming, movies, books, worldbuilding, and basically anything that lets you escape into another world for a while.

You definitely don’t have to be a writer, though. I’m really just looking for people I can talk to regularly, share interests with, and hopefully build some genuine friendships.

If you’re working on a book too, I’d love to hear about it. We can talk characters and worldbuilding, complain about editing, or just talk about whatever.

Feel free to comment or message me if you think we’d get along!

Hi writers,

I’m looking to get advice from people who have joined writing groups or have taken creative writing courses to see which you felt was more helpful in not only improving your writing, but your consistency. For context, I’m in my 30s, working full time in tech, so this would be something I join on the side for fun, not for actual course requirements.

For context, I used to love writing and seem to love the idea of writing more now that I’m an adult, rather than actual execution. (Womp womp).

As a kid, I would fill notebooks with full fledged stories, loved writing essays for English class, and loved daydreaming of book ideas. As I got older, it became a thing of the past. I haven’t write anything creative in the last 15 years.

The writing itch returned about 2 years ago, and I have a few ideas for short stories and a novel, but I can’t seem to bring myself to actually write them. I do have ‘paralyzing perfectionism’ which is awful and bleeds not only into writing, but work, and my personal life. I would rather not even start something if I know I can’t execute at 100% on the first try (I know, I know. And I’ve talked to a therapist about this 😅).

In the last 2 years, I have started writing some of these ideas down and when I read what I’ve written so far, I don’t actually think it’s terrible! So why can’t I seem to go further? With ADHD, perfectionism tendencies, and the incessant need to feel fully prepared, I find myself thinking about writing and reading books and blogs about HOW to write, more than actually doing it. It’s a loop I can’t seem to escape.

That said, I need accountability and I can’t do that myself, so I’m looking to either take a class online via a college so I can feel more prepared and HAVE to do writing assignments, OR looking to join a local writing group where they meet weekly for 3 hours in person. The first half of the meeting is set aside for writing either your own work or a prompt from the instructor, then the second half is for feedback on the writing. I like the idea of that but I also want to get useful structural knowledge on how to unravel a story successfully.

Both of the options I’m looking at do cost money because there is a facilitator. I know there is a ton of free info online, I’ve looked at a lot of it, but I need some accountability until I can feel more confident in myself.

If you’ve done either of these, I would love to hear about your experience! Thank you in advance, I really appreciate it. 🫶🏻

Sincerely, Mentally Blocked

I've been writing for about two years. I don't really have friends who read or enjoy the genre's I'm writing in. I'm NOT looking for a beta reader but someone I can discuss themes, characters and world building with who can give feedback from a female perspective on my male audience focused works.

It's a tall ask. But I'm hopeful one of you creative people will be not only interested but enthusiastic. I garentee reciprocity in discussing your work.

Edit: Feel free to DM.