There are innumerable online writing groups -- or what really should be called Getting Published Communities.
Stephen King wrote "On Writing" and in it he described his journey to become one of the most significant writers of all time. (That isn't the way he put it, but the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" is by itself enough to place him in that category.) He describes the rejections, the first few successes, becoming successful, and being a writing teacher.
People remember the "successfully published" part and seem to forget the rest.
There is one item that Mr. King stressed in his book, but perhaps not strongly enough: formal study. He mentioned the importance of having a writing schedule and the need to learn from reading novels. But I'm curious about his experience as a teacher. I have a question I think he might find interesting.
Earlier today, I spent three hours going over Norton Publishing's extensive online Creative Writing course description. About 25,000 words.
I think it is impossible for someone to do the difficult work of studying and assimilating that information without being able to write a decently good book in the course of a lifetime. Did Mr. King have a student who dutifully and doggedly completed his course who didn't eventually become a published author?
Stephen King wrote "On Writing" and in it he described his journey to become one of the most significant writers of all time. (That isn't the way he put it, but the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" is by itself enough to place him in that category.) He describes the rejections, the first few successes, becoming successful, and being a writing teacher.
People remember the "successfully published" part and seem to forget the rest.
There is one item that Mr. King stressed in his book, but perhaps not strongly enough: formal study. He mentioned the importance of having a writing schedule and the need to learn from reading novels. But I'm curious about his experience as a teacher. I have a question I think he might find interesting.
Earlier today, I spent three hours going over Norton Publishing's extensive online Creative Writing course description. About 25,000 words.
I think it is impossible for someone to do the difficult work of studying and assimilating that information without being able to write a decently good book in the course of a lifetime. Did Mr. King have a student who dutifully and doggedly completed his course who didn't eventually become a published author?