Topic: New Member- hope I'm doing this right

Hey all, hope this is the right place to be posting?!  In any event, I'm really looking forward to being a part of this site!  I have other endeavors but I have been writing on and off for the last couple years.  Recently I have wanted to submit the stories to contests and just in general take it to the next level, but without much of a community to learn from and bounce stories and ideas off of (save my long-suffering girlfriend who has read more rambling stories than she cares to remember). Therefore I'm looking forward to reading all the work on here and vice versa.  Thanks!--Peter

Re: New Member- hope I'm doing this right

Hi Peter,

Welcome to the site! One thing I noticed is that you didn't post your first piece in TheNextBigWriter Premium. As a new member, you really want to post there first because it's the largest group and it's also a points group. Points are the currency on the site and if you don't use them you probably won't get feedback, especially as a new member. To read more about the points system, click the link below.

https://www.thenextbigwriter.com/member … dit-system

You can add your content to the Premium Group by editing your writing and adding it as a Group on Step 4 of the publishing process. It sounds like a lot, but it's pretty easy once you go through the process once. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Best,
Sol

Re: New Member- hope I'm doing this right

Welcome! Feel free to be unchained and post away.

Re: New Member- hope I'm doing this right

You're doing great, Peter!  Welcome to the site.  I've already read your first posting and offered up some comments.  I'm waiting for another one from you to see how you're progressing.  Glad you jumped in head first!  smile

MJ

Re: New Member- hope I'm doing this right

Welcome to the site, Peter.  Once your material earns points, I look forward to reading it!  Hugs.

Re: New Member- hope I'm doing this right

One of the great benefits of this site is finding writers who will follow your work and review it regularly.  And you, of course, recip(procate) when you can.  (The points system helps here.  Basic law of economics: Incentives matter.)

When you find people like that, see what groups they're involved in.  If the groups fit your work, join the ones where your best reviewers hang out and set up a forum thread for yourself (unless the group has a different policy).

Re: New Member- hope I'm doing this right

Marilyn Johnson wrote:

You're doing great, Peter!  Welcome to the site.  I've already read your first posting and offered up some comments.  I'm waiting for another one from you to see how you're progressing.  Glad you jumped in head first!  smile

MJ

Thanks! Your comments really helped; I have been applying them as well as other reviewers' over the last few days.  Not sure if I can update the current story with revisions or need to repost the whole thing anew (I believe that's a question for the FAQ section) but will figure it out. onward and upward