Hi,
There will be a link to a page that looks like this that will contain all of the forums from the old site:
http://old.thenextbigwriter.com/forum/index.php
But this is just for the forums from the old site. We can't do this for all of the forums on the new site from each of the groups. It's technically impossible since we will have hundreds if not thousands of groups in the future, some of which have selected to be private or even invisible.
Please let ue know more about this, as we're chomping at the bit to read/post on the new site. Things are amazingly silent at present, at least in the groups I'm part of.
I'm a bit confused over what is stopping people. The site is here to post, the forums are open and you can start a conversation at any time. I think the quiet you are experiencing is more because of the holiday season than anything that has to do with forum design. In fact on the old site, it would often go for long periods of time without much forum posting.
In fact, I'd love to turn the conversation to more writing related matters and will post a starter topic now.
Sol
Sol