Question: Are you a member of a writing group?

The other day, I posted my take on “constructive critique,” the philosophy we use in my classes and workshops. In it, I said this:

However you do it, connect with other writers. Good ones. Create a writing group. Commit to reading each others’ pages and provide a constructive critique. You’ll help them. They’ll help you. Everyone will become less ‘precious’ with their work. You will be learning how to accept critiques of your material, lock in on the good ideas, then implement them in rewrites.

I received quite a few emails over the weekend with these type of questions:

* How do I go about finding/joining/creating a writing group?

* Is there a list somewhere of writing groups?

And so I pose those questions to the GITS community. I know of some screenwriting groups including these:

Dallas Screenwriters Association

Desert Screenwriters Group (Palm Springs)

Long Island Screenwriters Group

If you know of others, please post in comments with a link. Let’s see if we can create / aggregate a list of writing groups and I’ll be happy to create an archive for those.

Beyond that, if you are a member of a writing group, how did you find it? What advice would you have for individuals seeking information on writing groups?

As always, thanks for your help, people!

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