Discussion → Quick guide to workshop + challenge + theme groups

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  Dorothee Lang

  Dec 07, 04:43am

  
  

  i went on a group tour yesterday, and pieced this list together, thought it might be useful. the different sections are roughly sorted by group popularity and activity.

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  WORKSHOPS

  The Workshop
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/the-workshop
  “If you have published a text in Fictionaut and want some constructive feedback, or feel the text still isn't all fitting yet, then try The Workshop”

  The Hidden Workshop
  (access through ‘The Workshop’)
  “A private group: only workshop members can see the group and access the texts.”

  Are we there yet?
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/are-we-there-yet
  “Post the first line/s of your poems & the first sentence/s of your stories to see if we want to keep reading.”

  Works in Progress
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/works-in-progress
  (note: this group and the texts posted in it are yet visible)
  “A protected group dedicated to works in progress and experiments that aren't ready for prime time.”

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  CHALLENGES

  Short Story Challenge
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/short-story-challenge
  “Each month a new challenge will be posted to the discussion with rules for the month.”

  Significant Objects
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/significant-objects
  “The idea for this group: We'll present an object. You'll write a story (500 words or fewer) that makes it Significant.”

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  THEME GROUPS

  People who like to flash
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/people-not-invited-to-private-groups-who-like-to
  “Flash fiction! Mostly stories under 500 words, please, but who's counting?”

  Prose Poems
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/prose-poems
  “Prose poems and other poetic forms that don’t play well with others.”

  the longer story
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/the-longer-story
  “not novel excerpts--but longer stories. what is a long story? let's say 3,500. let's start there, and go up.”

  Hypertext Fiction
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/hypertext-fiction
  “If you have written in the hypertext format, are curious about it, or have some thoughts or questions about its emergence into mainstream reading, this is the place to be.”

  novel excerpts
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/novel-excerpts
  “A place to post parts of novels -- finished, in progress, or from deep within your drawer.”

  Poetry
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/the-fictionaut-poetry-group
  “poems and poetics”

  Like Life (Except slower, better, without the typos)
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/like-life-slower-better-and-without-the-typos
  “This is a group for writers who are interested in memoir, the lyric essay, creative non-fiction in all its manifestations.”

  FictioNot
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/fictionot
  “This group is for Fictionauts who also moonlight as FictioNots--writers of nonfiction.”

  The Techno-Fantasy Guild
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/the-techno-fantasy-guild
  “For the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers and Readers out there.”

  Epic Poets
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/epic-poets
  “A group of poets writing bold, gigantic epic poems like the work of Homer, Dante, Virgil.”

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