Yesterday evening saw the first meeting of my new writing group. Which is not to say that I own it or that it was entirely my idea but I will say that I did have something to do with it. Mostly poking my buddy Remy and saying, "hey what about that writing group?" I am very excited and looking forward to our next meeting next Thursday. YAY!
That being said, writing groups are awesome. If you have never been in one and love to write it is a creative idea feeding ground and not to mention free (or mostly free) critiques. It's fabulous. I find that the best things that I've gotten out of writing groups that I've been in are ideas. Other writers are awesome people to talk to if you're stuck in a rut, out of ideas, or just have plain old writer's block. That's my plug for writing groups!