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\n<\/a> \"lonely<\/a>Let\u2019s\u00a0welcome\u00a0back monthly columnist Raina Schell<\/a>\u00a0as she shares with us about \u201cWriting Groups and Why You Need One.\u201d\u00a0Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve probably heard utterances of \u201cwriting is a lonely job\u201d.<\/strong> I\u2019m here to tell you \u2013 it doesn\u2019t have to be.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all heard of writing groups. Where writer\u2019s meet to either write together or critique what they or others have written. What I\u2019d like to argue is that you don\u2019t have to find \u201cthe perfect group\u201d. That\u2019s right, any group will do. No matter what genre the other folks write, no matter the type of people they are and no matter whether they approve or are supportive of what you write or not.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>\u201cHow can that even work?\u201d<\/strong> you demand. Simple. It\u2019s not the personalities it\u2019s the process. When I started meeting with writer\u2019s groups I would proudly state that I was a romance writer only to be met with criticism and judgment. At first I got bogged down with the details, I felt less-than and even disrespected by some of my writing peers. In the end what I found out is that doesn\u2019t matter. I\u2019m not in a writing group to make friends necessarily, though that has definitely happened because no matter what, there are good people in the world and like attracts like. What I came to know is true for me is that I\u2019m in writing groups to write. The impetus of one or more other writer sitting down and \u201cjust writing\u201d without talking to one another or engaging in other distractions is a very powerful time.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The first group I joined was one you can probably find on meetup.com<\/a> in your area. In some areas it\u2019s called \u201cShut up and Write\u201d and in our area it\u2019s \u201cJust Write\u201d. Regardless of the name, the concept is simple\u2026 You arrive at the designated time, introduce yourself to the group and say a sentence or two about what you\u2019re working on. You are not required to say anything you don\u2019t want to. Meaning if you want to reveal your genre you can, otherwise you can just say you\u2019re working on x, y and z. An example would be: \u201cHello I\u2019m Raina and today I\u2019m working on a scene in Chapter 4 of my third novel.\u201d If someone asks what it\u2019s about I can politely tell them it\u2019s fiction as opposed to saying it\u2019s a paranormal romance. What I learned the hard way is that some people do judge so if you\u2019re a sensitive type, keep it to yourself.<\/p>\n

\"typing<\/a>Another thing that I learned the hard way was when one writer asked me in my \u201cJust Write\u201d group if we could critique each other\u2019s work.<\/strong> I had never done that before and I didn\u2019t realize that: 1. It was a set-up and 2. That was not the right venue for such a bold foray into the unknown. I trepidatiously agreed, I should always follow my intuition. I had my coveted and closeted writing torn to bloody shreds in front of my eyes. The person whose work I critiqued explained how I knew nothing about critiquing and told me they would not be taking any of my (implied) crappy suggestions. Sometimes people need to make others feel badly in order to make themselves feel better. I took this as a fantastic learning experience and have since found two different critique partners that I trust who are kind and helpful. And all WE do is critique each other\u2019s work, we don\u2019t get together and write.<\/p>\n

\"cafe<\/a>As for the writing — I now have three different writing groups and I love them all for different reasons but mostly I love that they enable me to sit quietly and write with a group of people for a set amount of time. There\u2019s something purely magical and persuasive about that. Sometimes I get more written in an hour with a group of other writers than I get written in a day at home. Fewer distractions and focused concentration. Maybe there\u2019s a little bit of healthy competition too!<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n

\"Raina<\/a>Raina Schell is a vagabond. She lives where the tide takes her. The only constant in her life is her trusty laptop. She doesn’t live in a tidy little house. Her dreams aren’t surrounded by a white picket fence. She has no family but spends her free time with a black and white bunny rabbit named Fred.
\nwww.RainaSchell.com<\/a>
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