Trying to express your highs and lows to friends and family, who don't understand or do not see the relevance of the topic (until you show them the profits as that's how most of society deems success!) is difficult and even though using the forums is great to network and get your questions answered, wouldn't it be even better to have like-minded people face-to-face with you, so you could meet new friends in the same field as yourself? Network? Organise outings? etc.
Speaking to one of my massage therapists (for those of you who never take time out and go for a massage or just to a mini spa to pamper yourself...I suggest you do so! It is worth the money and you leave feeling like a new person! I will touch on this again in a future post which has some relevance to helping new writers!), I didn't realise she also enjoyed writing and was speaking to a journalist from the BBC.
Through this we spoke about all aspects of writing and we got to thinking, why don't we set up a monthly support group?
This support group helps all writers (especially new writers) come together and just socialise, have fun, speak about any new updates or just have a coffee and a laugh.
We are thinking of publicising our new monthly group on:
- Meetup
- Facebook Groups
- Writing Forums
We are still in the process of finding a location but even if only handful of people turn up, it is better than being alone, tapping at your keyboard and the only communication you get, regarding this topic, is from a stranger in a forum.
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