I have this desire to be the best I can be at writing. I figured that if I found a site that could let other writers/authors comment on the story and offer me criticism on it would be the best way to go.
Do you guys have a place that you do this?
EDIT: Answered, thanks rd95! He said to post to #writebetterdammit Also, thenewgreen said use tags like #writing and #askhubski
Thanks a lot guys!
Post it. I would use #askhubski and #writing as the tags. Feel free to shout-out to me. Also, to anyone else reading this, especially artists, musicians and writers, feel free to post your personal works. Our take on that:
This is such a great site for this, wow. Thanks!
You are welcome! Fwiw, I tend to think of #writebetterdammit as a place to post articles etc about writing... Well, better. Dammit!
Hi there Gd_R -- The writing tag is followed by a lot of people and chances are some of them will give you feedback. The fact that you "desire to be the best" is a very very good intro to your work. If you say, "I want this to be better," people will be more willing to give you feedback. Here's some tips.
1. Say what kind of feedback you want - for example -
3. I can't speak for other people, but if it is short and if it is poetry, I'm more likely to read it. 4. There's a good chance people will read it and not offer comments -- but it will have been read. Sometimes they mention an earlier piece, if a later piece shows up. If someone likes it, they might circledot it. They also might not. _refugee_ -- what makes you more willing to read and comment on something? Often, it just depends on timing. Sometimes I miss things or don't read things because of other time pressures. Note: as tng says, #writebetterdammit is more about how to write or articles about writing methods, the writing life, or controversies about writing. See you on the other side of your next poem.
2. Also, if someone is kind enough to give thoughtful feedback, let them know you appreciate it. I take my readers' feedback very seriously and usually make changes they suggest. You do not have to respond to people who are not respectful. I suggest you mute disrespectful people. Is this the right word?
Be brutal.
Be gentle.
Does it hold together?
Is it clearly written?
Thanks a lot for the advice! This is extremely helpful and it makes me feel even better about myself. I'll get to posting my story sometime soon!
I'm gonna shout out to lil here so she can see this question. I'm pretty certain she's keen on supporting people and their writing. In fact, just the other day we had an impromptu poetry exercise on the IRC. That said, I'd probably just post something and ask for critiques. I'd also recommend you follow the tag #writebetterdammit. People use it to post some good examples of the dos and don'ts of writing. Also, if you're looking for writing prompts, keep an eye out for #todayswritingprompt as well. In case you don't know how to follow tags, click on a tag that interest you and it'll open up a page. Click "follow xxx" and viola! Anything posted with that tag will show up in your feed. Conversely, if you want to avoid anything with that tag, click "filter xxx" and anything with that tag will be removed from both your feed as well as the global postings. I caution you to use the filter button sparingly though, because you might miss out on some good posts that actually might interest you.
hey rd - yeah, that was a fun attempt on IRC even when Quatrarius wrote: "I can't do this" - it seemed to fit into the poem.
Thanks! I'm glad I don't have to leave this site to find pretty much anything I need, haha. Thanks a lot!
/r/destructivereaders is basically for this, although they require you to critique others before submitting your own work. I don't know of other sites that do this though. Maybe we could start a #writersworkshop tag over here?
As rd95 said below to follow the tag #writebetterdammit Honestly, I'd rather stay away from reddit for a little while so all that can cool down. I might just stay away in general. If I can't get help on it here, though, I'll go there! Thanks!
Hey, Grimdark_Rainbow, quick tip. To make a tag linkable, border it with the "#" symbol. That way, #writebetterdamnit becomes #writebetterdamnit.
Scribophile is a whole community website devoted to what you described. I found it hard to critique enough work to post my own and there are deadlines after which a work can't be critiqued, like a month or two weeks, I don't remember. There was virtually nothing I wanted to critique so I didn't use it very long but I thought it was worth mentioning.