Writer's Groups

I teach my writing students to get to know other writers of all genres.  This is great advice, just as getting to know other small business owners will benefit a small business owner.  Based on this advice, and the requests of several of my students, I am starting a writer's group!  I am very excited to be a part of this idea and am happy to organize our meetings.

Benefits of a writer's group:

• Helps writers expand their experience by talking with other writers
• Helps us learn the processes that other writers go through in their efforts and learn new techniques
• Helps us meet really awesome people with a common interest
• Gives us a new focus by allowing our work to be viewed by new eyes
• Motivates us to stay on focus
• Gives us valuable opportunities to receive criticism from others, as well as opportunity to stretch our thinking through critiquing others

I suppose I could go on and on with benefits of a writer's group, but I'll keep this short.  A few of my personal goals in starting this writer's group include:

• Meet other writers.
• Keep in touch with writers I already know.
• Keep in touch with my writing students.
• Expand my own experience by learning from others
• Expand my idea base to enhance my own writing
• Avoid boxing my writing in

Here again, I could go on, but the group, itself, will be more of a forum. I have a feeling my experience, and hence my goals, will change and expand through the group as it grows, whether in number or content.

I am working on our meeting place and will keep all interested parties informed.  Our first meeting is Wednesday, April 11 at 7:00 PM - location to be announced.  If you are interested in attending, please email me at tricia.johnson10@gmail.com and I'll be sure to put your email on my notification list.

Happy writing!

~Tricia