Comments on: After the Workshop, Part 4: Networking Toward the Future http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/after-the-workshop-part-4-networking-toward-the-future.html selling out since 2005 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:28:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mp http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/after-the-workshop-part-4-networking-toward-the-future.html#comment-46704 mp Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:57:04 +0000 http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/after-the-workshop-part-4-networking-toward-the-future.html#comment-46704 I stumbled on this quite by accident, and though haven't read the whole series (I read part one and this one), I joined an online writers community four years ago, and three years ago created our website and space. I've come to not only befriend these people, but sought inspiration and criticism from them as well. We all have our lives outside of the community, but we work well from within. We've even held readings and events in the "real world". So I'd advise to join something as active and fun. Good luck! I stumbled on this quite by accident, and though haven’t read the whole series (I read part one and this one), I joined an online writers community four years ago, and three years ago created our website and space. I’ve come to not only befriend these people, but sought inspiration and criticism from them as well. We all have our lives outside of the community, but we work well from within. We’ve even held readings and events in the “real world”. So I’d advise to join something as active and fun. Good luck!

]]> By: Armand http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/after-the-workshop-part-4-networking-toward-the-future.html#comment-8663 Armand Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:04:41 +0000 http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/after-the-workshop-part-4-networking-toward-the-future.html#comment-8663 Thanks, Todd and Elizabeth both, for your feedback. In Boston and New York, writers also have the additional resources of Grub Street Writers http://grubstreet.org/ and Gotham Writers http://www.writingclasses.com/index.php Armand Thanks, Todd and Elizabeth both, for your feedback. In Boston and New York, writers also have the additional resources of Grub Street Writers http://grubstreet.org/ and Gotham Writers http://www.writingclasses.com/index.php

Armand

]]> By: elizabeth http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/after-the-workshop-part-4-networking-toward-the-future.html#comment-8591 elizabeth Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:07:57 +0000 http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/after-the-workshop-part-4-networking-toward-the-future.html#comment-8591 I think this is one of the toughest things about life after getting an MFA. Where can you find an audience/readers/inspiration/support for your writing? It gets even more difficult if you've got a family or a job consuming a lot of your time. I'm still working on this myself, but am starting to build an online community of writers through blogging. That helps. Writers' groups help too, you just have to be persistent to find the right one. Starting your own is often the best way! I think this is one of the toughest things about life after getting an MFA. Where can you find an audience/readers/inspiration/support for your writing? It gets even more difficult if you’ve got a family or a job consuming a lot of your time. I’m still working on this myself, but am starting to build an online community of writers through blogging. That helps. Writers’ groups help too, you just have to be persistent to find the right one. Starting your own is often the best way!

]]> By: Todd http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/after-the-workshop-part-4-networking-toward-the-future.html#comment-8372 Todd Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:46:37 +0000 http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/after-the-workshop-part-4-networking-toward-the-future.html#comment-8372 I never really had readers in grad school, not even for seminar papers; the idea of a reader, of peer review for any of my writing is relatively new, but as someone who's been writing fiction for more than a decade, with less than a handful of publication credits, I'd be happy to find readers, a writing community. So, I'd volunteer myself as a reader, if interested, and if readers were interested in reading my stuff. I never really had readers in grad school, not even for seminar papers; the idea of a reader, of peer review for any of my writing is relatively new, but as someone who’s been writing fiction for more than a decade, with less than a handful of publication credits, I’d be happy to find readers, a writing community. So, I’d volunteer myself as a reader, if interested, and if readers were interested in reading my stuff.

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