The writing group book : creating and sustaining a successful writing group /
edited by Lisa Rosenthal.
- 1st ed.
- Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2003.
- xviii, 235 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Pt. I. Starting a writing group pt. II. Organizing and maintaining a writing group pt. III. WHy writing groups flourish or fizzle pt. IV. Venturing beyond the writing group setting
In this insightful guide, more than 30 members of writing groups explain how and why they found a group to join or established their own, how they have kept their group flourishing, and what it has enabled them to accomplish—from simple self-expression to a lifetime of published work. Poets, playwrights, screenwriters, fiction and nonfiction writers, memoirists, and children’s writers share advice on how to give constructive critiques, manage difficult members, delegate responsibilities for maintaining the group, and keep meetings productive. Online groups, international groups, and women-only groups are represented, and a resource section details ways to market and sell finished work and how to parlay one success into a writing career