I belong to the Nashville Writers Meet Up Group. There are Meetup groups for everything all over the country. There is a photography Meetup and singles Meetups and Meetups for people who like sushi. The writers Meetups are free, (I think they all are) and meet at the Borders downtown. I'm fortunate in that the Nashville Writer's Meetup is one of the largest writer's Meetups in the country. Under the Nashville Writer's Meetup is a novelist group, a fiction and a non fiction group, mystery writers group, a science fiction writers group, memoirs, screenplay, and of course songwriters group, a grammar one a "craft of writing", and more.
Everyone is encouraged to bring something they are working on. Copies are handed out to all at the group You read yours aloud with all following along and then everyone provides feedback. I find their critiques worth more to me than gold. I take my copies home, where everyone has added notes and make modifications to my draft. I've been busy since my Saturday afternoon group making some positive changes to my work. It's a great way to preview for laughs too. If any of my humor lines fall flat at least I don't get heckled.
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