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Writers Group Reboot
After a rocky patch last week, my writers group met over margaritas and Mexican food, sans writing. We had one of these powwows at the start of the year, too—I think it’s healthy to recognize when the operation is stagnating … Continue reading
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Making a Commitment
“I heard your writers group is awesome!” a friend exclaimed at dinner one night last week. “We are!” I can’t help but gush about us. As I’ve written about before, we’ve been together for more than a year and a … Continue reading
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On Writers Groups: Part III—Rules
Just after the New Year, my writers group gathered at a German tavern in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake to touch base over ale and wieners dunked in steins of pea soup. At that point, we had been … Continue reading
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On Writers Groups: Part II—Types
The past couple of weeks have been productive ones in my writers groups. Last week, in what I call my writing group, I generated a few pages of new material on a new short-story concept that’s been percolating. And this … Continue reading
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On Writers Groups: Part I—The Benefits
Yesterday Mots Justes confessed that blog-writing has taken a backseat to other projects as of late. All of my writing has. That I’m writing at all owes everything to my writers groups. (Yes, groups—I’m currently in two.) If you’re not … Continue reading
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