One of the great things I learned at my first writer group was the website www.writing.com. It's a free, online community of writers and readers who post and review work. It's legit. There are basically 5,000+ on it at any given time. This is a great place to keep snipits of work that you're looking for feedback on.
Say you write a short story/chapter/piece. It's in the final stage but you're toying between two paragraphs. Put both in the post and ask the readers which they like better. Sure, you could stand outside the grocery store and accomplish the same thing- but this way, you'll be warmer and these are people who actually want to read your work.
When I first joined, I was getting 2-3 reviews a day. It slows over time, but if you network and write a few quick reviews for others, your reviews will keep coming in. You can also see how others of your genre depict phrases and scenes you might be struggling with.
There are also some pretty good forums on there for odd writing questions- such as, using a nom de plum, or, building strong characters. Personally, I'm following the forum that supports the 90-Day Novel theory, which most of these blog posts will center around. I enjoy having a little external direction on such an expansive project.
So, my advice- sign up for www.writing.com. Sure, there's other site out there, but this is the one I vouch for at this stage in the game.
S.C. Rood
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