Starting A Small Female-Only (~28+) Writing Group✨
Hey! I was looking to form a small writing group of women who are serious about writing and furthering their writing ability. I'm older (early 30s) and I find that there are more groups for younger writers out there, so I'm hoping to fill this space for the "older" women (we're not old but that's what the youths call us 😭;;;) who feel excluded or out of place in most groups these days.
To be honest though, I'm pretty introverted, and not the best leader or instigator of conversation, so hopefully someone can help out. LOL I would like people who will be as active as they can be and are passionate about writing and reading each other’s work! I want to be able to uplift and hype each other up while also giving constructive criticism. I'm very accustomed to critique circles, so I hope for similar-minded people who will bring the same energy.
‼️ hard rule: make sure everybody is involved, everybody is getting feedback at all stages, and everyone is being respected!
Please do comment/send me a DM if you are interested! ✨
Genre/s: any fiction! with that being said, I do want to make it clear that while romance is OK, it's not my strong suit and I'm not super comfortable reading/writing romance. I would be more than happy if someone wanted to lead that section though. I don't want romance to be excluded here
Goals/expectations/commitment: Not expecting you to be online 24/7 (especially starting out since it will be a super small group!) but want people who will be able to be consistent and semi-active in the space and just see where it goes!
Writing/experience level: anyone truly willing to put in the work improving writing skill and connecting with others
Meeting place: Discord! Hoping for fortnightly checkups to see progress in writing goals
Max size: ~10 or so active members to start
Where I'm at with my projects currently: two projects in the brainstorming stage (YA political fantasy fiction & YA magical school fantasy fiction) with some written scenes. I haven't written creatively for several years after graduating with a Creative Writing BA ;-; I got so burnt out but I want to get back in to it and meet others who are starting out too!
EDIT: there's so much more interest than we thought and I haven't had the time to respond to all of the DMs! Apologies if I haven't gotten back to you but we're at ~25+ members already so I'm starting to slow down a bit with the invites. If we're still accepting new members in the future, I'll be in touch! Thank you so much for your interest!