Thread: I am not a writer.

Made you look!

Hello there, everyone. I'm a poetess, short story writer, and I've just begun (literally this last week) my first novel. It's "Fight Club" for soccer moms. Quite the interesting read so far...all 5 paragraphs of it. I have a long way to go!

What I need from you is candid, tactless criticism. It's the only way I'll become better. I expect to be inspired by your writings. Please trust that I will criticize your works in the same manner.

Now, I shall go forth and post...

Hi Seantalia, welcome to the site.

Hello to you, Seantalia, and welcome to Writing Forums.

Hi Seantalia. Welcome to WF.

Thanks! I look forward to posting some stuff shortly, as soon as I'm approved or whatever.

Hello and welcome, Seantalia, and good luck with your novel.

Welcome to WF Seantalia

Hope you enjoy your time here with us.

Thanks, Rob and Jinxi! I'm trying to figure out how to post my fiction, but it's not letting me do so. Says I don't have access to that portion of the site. Anyone know what's up? Thanks.

New members need to have a minimum post count of 10 to be able to post in the creative boards.

Originally Posted by Baron

New members must now make ten valid posts on the site, preferably in offering comments or critiques to the work of others, before they may post their own work.

This measure has been taken as a result of forum flooding by some new members and others bumping their own work, when it's failed to receive comment, rather than try to earn feedback by commenting on the work of others.

The site works on the basis that people get back what they put into it and the best way to get feedback is to become active in the community and get known by other members.

Hope this helps.

It is a bit of a pain of a rule, but it has stopped a lot of nonsense spam advertising as well, and you are 40% of the way there. If you are a poet you may care to come and have a go in our limerick or cinquain threads, they are good fun and good practice, as well as leaving the odd comment for people. I find that poetry is such a subscribed board there is usually someone there who has posted a poem that has not been commented on, it is such a shame when people make the effort, I usually try to say i do/don't like it and why, those ten posts can go very quickly.

Welcome to the site, I hope you find what you are looking for here, this place really does seem to have something for everyone, the hardest thing is sometimes to get back to writing.

Hi there, welcome aboard. I look forward to some tactless critiquing with you.