Writers Online Workshops

Even the most experienced writers can benefit from getting feedback about their writing. However, feedback is one of the hardest things to obtain--even harder than a sale sometimes! Your friends and family say your writing is great, but do they know? And if they did, would they tell you otherwise? Constructive criticism and honest, objective feedback can really challenge you to improve your writing . . . when you can get it.

One of the best outlets for literary feedback comes from participation in a writers' workshop. At such events, writers will produce work that everyone reads, then receive reaction to and criticism about their work, while offering the same in return to the other writers. We all don't live in locations that offer such workshops, nor do we all have the time to participate in them.

However, you can participate in writing workshops online. WritersOnlineWorkshops.com, which is affiliated with Writer's Digest, is a well-respected venue for writers seeking to improve their work and receive valuable feedback from fellow writers and a published instructor. The prices are reasonable (less than most college courses), the topics broad, and the site easy to use. Best of all, writers enrolled in a given workshop can sign on and respond to other writers according to their own schedule.

The experience I've had with Writers Online Workshops has been largely positive--not only was I challenged and given quality feedback, I was also amongst others who shared similar interests and goals. And I did most of this in my pajamas drinking cocoa!

Writers Online Workshops offers sessions in short fiction, personal essay writing, novel writing, and even technical writing. There are also courses in the fundamental aspects of writing for those who need to warm up before they dive directly into writing an article, story, novel, or essay. The instructors are professional and the format is straightforward. If you have time, want to have a little fun, want to meet other writers, and want to improve your writing through giving and receiving feedback, Writers Online Workshops may be the site to check out.

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