Comments on: Editing and feedback communities.

Question: Editing and feedback communities.

Knigel — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:58:24 -0800

Looking for resources and communities that help edit written work and offer feedback. I am looking for assistance with all forms of writing, such as poetry, essays, and short stories. I would of course be willing to offer my own feedback for other people's work. Does anyone have any recommendations?

By: jodic

jodic — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:06:44 -0800

I can't vouch for it personally, but I have a lot of writer friends who rave about the virtual studios at Zoetrope.

By: anjamu

anjamu — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:56:54 -0800

Fictionslamming over at LJ is actually quite the well-balanced, interesting community.

By: different

different — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:10:01 -0800

Critique Circle is worth a look, I've had some great critiques from there.

By: lunchbox

lunchbox — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:15:06 -0800

There are essay editing services like EssayEdge, but I think they charge out the wazoo.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:52:35 -0800

There was a thread recently about exactly the same question -- there might be additional resources there, if you can find it.

I believe I mentioned afterdinner in the last thread. Sadly, the domain no longer seems to be resolving for me, so I guess it's defunct.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:24:17 -0800

I can't discourage you enough to avoid Zoetrope. Their members are, for the most part, idiot manchildren and women. Years ago, I had some stuff up there (and my stuff is pretty tame), and I got called all kinds of names on their forums, including Pornographer and Pedophile (I shit you not). One member even threatened to call the police to have me investigated because, he claimed, someone who wrote about sex as often as I did had to be breaking some sort of sex-related law. They're a bunch of troglodytes there.

I haven't been into TWB in a while and can't remember if they do short stories or just screenplays, but they were a hell of a lot better than Zoe.

There is now a Metafilter Writer's Group, but it's only just started so I can't vouch for the quality.