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 Online Now: | | | | | | | | | | Welcome to eWriters.org. We are currently developing and testing a web site specifically for writers and writers' groups. We want to include tools for writers to learn their craft, such as Ethnic and 'Sounds-Like' Character Generators, improved searches for Dictionaries, Synonyms, Antonyms, Word Etymology, Forums, a custom page for each writer to add and organize their writing links, and Todo Lists, Word Count Tools, and many more. Until we get there, here is a writers' group that's a part of WriterBuddy, an excellent source for finding writer groups.
The Prose Nest
Are you looking for a small group of dedicated writers with which to share critiques and to discuss writing issues? The Prose Nest, hosted by My Writer Buddy, is a small writer's critique group with the goal of each member becoming a published author. Through critiques and focused weekly discussions, we aim to improve our skills in writing and marketing what we write. If this sounds like the kind of group you're looking for, see our membership information below!
Or if you're still curious about what we have to offer, click on the Skeptic's Guide to The Prose Nest
Prose Nest Membership Information
Becoming a Prose Nest member requires a few easy steps.
- Read the Prose Nest Handbook and decide if our requirements fit your needs.
- You must be a member of www.writerbuddy.com to join the Prose Nest. Simply click on the link and sign up for a free account. (We do not receive referral fees for anyone who joins or anything like that.)
- Complete the Prose Nest Questionnaire and select a writing sample of no more than 1500 words.
- Submit your Writer Buddy username, the questionnaire, and the writing sample to the Prose Nest Moderator by Emailing PDilloway@aol.com
- Wait for the moderator to contact you with confirmation and further information.
The Prose Nest Questionnaire
- Why are you interested in the Prose Nest?
- What do you think you will add to the Prose Nest?
- What do you hope to get out of being a member of the group?
- What is your current project (genre, estimated word-length)?
- What would you estimate your skill level as a writer and a reviewer?
- Have you been published? If so, when and for what?
- Have you and are you a member of other critique groups?
The Prose Nest Handbook
I. Attendance
- An unexcused period of inactivity of 14 days or longer will result in a warning via E-mail.
- Continued inactivity for 14 days after the warning is issued will result in termination.
- An excused absence can be granted by the moderator via E-mail or Private Message.
II. Posting Works in Progress
- A member may post one work in progress of no more than 5,000 words once every 7 days.
- At no time should a member's number of works in progress exceed his/her number of critiques.
- A posted work in progress must remain posted for a minimum of 7 days unless approval for removal is granted by the moderator.
- If a work in progress is removed before a period of 7 days, another work in progress cannot be posted until the 7 day period is complete.
III. Critiquing
- A member must critique each work in progress within 14 days of its posting
- A critique must contain 50 words of original text
- Exemptions or Extensions of the critique period may be obtained from the moderator via E-mail or Private Message
IV. Discussions
A. Checking In
- A member is required to contribute one post every 14 days to the current "Checking In" thread
- The post must be writing-related at a minimum of 50 words
B. Prose Nest Spotlight
- Each week one member will be required to post a writing-related topic of discussion in the General Nest News forum
- Member selection will be determined at random by the moderator via random number generator
- A member must participate in at least two discussions per month
V. Conduct
- Members are expected to conduct themselves with restraint and courtesy in all dealings with Prose Nest members.
- Concerns about the conduct of a member should be addressed to the moderator.
- My Writer Buddy guidelines on flaming, language, and sexual situation apply to all activity within the Prose Nest.
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