Discussion → Quick guide to workshop + challenge + theme groups
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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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WORKSHOPSThe 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.”----------------
CHALLENGESShort 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.”---------------
THEME GROUPSPeople 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.”
Group Description
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:
-> Add your text to this group (to do that, go to your text, then click on the “Group it” button above the title.) (note: your text will still be visible in the regular story-listing)
-> As a starter for feedback, add a comment with a note on the text/ or with specific questions.
-> Consider giving some feedback in return, to keep the workshop moving.
NOTE: there also is a "HIDDEN" Workshop. If you are working on a story or a poem, and want some feedback, but don't want your text to be visible for everyone already, then leave a note in the "Doormat" thread, and you will receive an invite for "The Hidden Workshop".
This is a public group.
Anyone can see it and join.