panicnight26

Does anyone know of any other free sites like this that might be a little more usefull?

Malone

More useful? What does that mean? You don't like what people have to say about your writing?

There are lots of sites like this one. This site has the most activity, the most freedom (in general), and the most feedback, though. Writing.com has a lot of members, but there are so many that your stuff kind of just gets lost in the clutter. And most of those people are pretty shitty writers.

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spider8

Have you not been to the critiques forum lately?

Malone

I have no problem looking through the posts, checking each one out, and reading/responding to the good ones.

Writing.com is like trying to navigate through one of those giant aircraft carriers. I always get lost and confused.

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Ilasir Maroa

Not every critique will be a goldmine, and not every member is a genius writer. There are no perfect sites. It would be hard to suggest a site based on temperment to someone else, and that is really the only difference between sites.

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Foxee

There are a few facts of life that will come into play no matter what site you post on:

1. Your work must cut through a lot of clutter to get anyone's attention. There are a zillion messages fighting for each individual's attention all the time. If you get no responses, you may need to reconsider how your work is posted...are you leading with a long apologetic 'this isn't very good but please critique it anyway' message? Did you give your post/story an engaging arresting title? Did you grab attention with your first sentence? A busy forum is almost as tough as the real world as far as requiring these things to get attention. Sometimes tougher and that's good practice.

2. People tend to be self-absorbed and easily distracted. See #1.

3. When we say 'critique and you shall be critiqued' that isn't necessarily a promise that you can register, post a piece, critique three other people, and promptly receive three responses on your work. What you are looking for here is name recognition (eventually, as you comment on others' work they will get to know you and will be more likely to find your stories) it is a kind of networking.

4. Putting a small link to work posted for critique into your sig line is not a bad idea. Then as you critique others it makes it easy for them to go to your work. If you don't know how to do this and you would like to...ask.

I'm sure there are many sites where you can get critiques. I've been on several and there are different systems for doing this. Nothing can really replace getting to know a small group of writers, though, and exchanging critiques with them (which is what happens as you get to know other members) because you will begin to know where they're coming from and thus how to weigh their critiques.

Hope this helps,

~Foxee

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Baron

I think that people might be getting the wrong end of the stick here. I understand the OP to be the result of the fact that the critique forums are not functioning properly at the moment. These forums seem to be experiencing problems and downtime more often than they're up and running at the moment and I've noticed that since Christmas a few regulars have drifted away as a result. Many are trying other forums and a few are not returning here.

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