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Dear Visitor,

Thanks for dropping by the official web site of Writing to Publish, formerly the eWorld Fiction Writers group.

Our writer's critique group was founded in 1994 on eWorld (the former online service of Apple Computer) by the Editors of Writers Digest magazine. Unfortunately, as you may know, eWorld vanished from cyberspace. But our work continues! We've built real friendships, and our group is going strong.

All of us have found this group to be helpful in improving our work. We have several members who are already published in one venue or another, and others who are complete beginners. Here, we seek to improve our fiction-writing skills. We've worked with many genres, from children's tales, to short stories, to (chapters of) full novels of all genres.

We follow the basic ground rules instituted by Writer's Digest. All are welcome to participate, especially aspiring writers 18 and older. In order to become a full member, one is expected to attend a couple of our Monday live-chat sessions. If you find our work interesting, you may begin to participate by making critiques of your own.

Prospective members are expected to submit at least two of these critiques, working through the group leader. The leader will email you the pieces, and receive your critiques by email. Thus, it takes about one month to become an official group member.

Here's how we work:

Members take turns submitting portions of their writing to the group, by email. The members then read it and send back (also to everyone) their written critiques. These can -and do- cover grammar, style, dialogue, plotting, characterization, world-building, and much more. Often the author (and other reviewers) will respond, and several rounds of email discussion follow. We discuss the submission and critiques further during the Monday conference. We're polite, but honest.

Later, it will be your turn to submit your own work. This is always a bit scary, but we've all taken the plunge. Our members will tell you how much their work has improved. As a group we maintain strict standards of respect for each member's unique work and copyrights.

Our regular 'full group' meetings are held on AOL, every Monday at 7 PM Pacific Time (10 PM Eastern). The session's greeter will be available to answer any questions via Instant Message.

(AOL is going through some big changes! Email us for current information, and please make your subject line distinct. Sorry, there's no 'auto-click' link here because those attract spam.)

Thanks again for your interest. We're an eclectic bunch, and we welcome new members. After you visit us a second time, you will receive a detailed W2P Membership Guidelines packet.

Sincerely, Paul Carlson

AOL nom de plume: W2PSushi. (W2PSushi \at\ aol /dot/ com)

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