11 TOP WRITING COMMUNITIES YOU SHOULD JOIN AND WHY

I agree that “the life of a writer is pretty solitary, both by design and necessity.” And most of the time, I like that “being a writer can be lonely and quiet.” Quietness, and often loneliness, actually help me write.

And like most people, I too have a social life. Both online and out in the real world. I feel like a writer should have that equal balance between quietness and being social in order to be successful.

However, one thing that I haven’t done is join a writing community. The closest that I’ve come to joining such a thing is participating on DeviantArt – a site for amateur artists – back in 2015. I received a lot of useful feedback from that site – crucial feedback that I wasn’t receiving from my friends and family who read my stories in person or on my blog.

I haven’t kept up with it these days because I’ve been trying to build up my blog and actually finish school, but I do agree that the critiques from that writing community in particular was vital to me in undergrad. The support and encouragement was also nice to have, especially if I didn’t know them personally. Receiving support from people who aren’t necessarily my friends or family is honestly more helpful because I know that they’re not just telling me that they like my writing because they’re trying not to hurt my feelings.

I also haven’t joined any of the 11 writing communities in this article, but I may think about joining the Critique Circle (mostly because the community consists of people between the ages of 21 and 30, which is my age group), the Critters Writers Workshop (because I’m interested in writing horror), Mibba, and the Reddit Writer’s Group.

I feel like joining these groups would definitely help me improve and market my writing.