If you have also used fan fiction as a creative sandbox to write more serious, literary, plot-driven stories — work that cares about character, structure, atmosphere, language, and emotional depth, while still having fun inside an existing world.
Brooklyn Writers Room is a workshop group for fiction writers and poets. We meet monthly on Zoom (day and time to be determined) to read each other's work closely and give feedback that's specific enough to actually use. Bring short stories, novel excerpts, or poems in progress. Open to all...
Since my goal is to raise my work to publishable quality, I'm looking for a Critique Partner with whom I can exchange brutally honest critiques delivered in a kind, constructive, and respectful way. Together, we can aim to support the other writer in readying their work for submission to...
I'd like to form a group of 3-4 writers, ideally with complete first drafts. I'm hoping to exchange ideas and critique full manuscripts. My line of writing (and reading) gravitates toward literary and upmarket fiction with women protagonists, but I'm open to reading most genres.
Critique group devoted to the craft of writing short fiction, including (a) short stories, (b) flash fiction and (c) microfiction.
The group is mostly devoted to literary fiction, but upmarket fiction within the following genres is also welcome: thriller/suspense, mystery/crime, horror and...
We are writers of literary short fiction (think New Yorker, Ploughshares, Granta, etc), and we meet once a month for critique. This group is not for absolute beginners or writer's who don't read a lot of literary short fiction. We are not the group for you if you are looking for a group that...
This group will function as a study and critique group, analyzing published literary short stories that are all accessible online. The group will discuss one Literary short story per month (maybe more) from Literary reviews or The New Yorker. Analyzing published literary short stories (from the last...
